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More on technocorrections for sex offenders

By Douglas A. Berman

This new article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, headlined "Technology keeps eye on sex offenders," provides a useful overview of various technocorrection issues surrounding sex offender tracking: Nobody wants them.  But everyone wants to know where they are.  So cities and states are forging new laws and using the latest technologies to keep tabs on hundreds of thousands of convicted sex offenders. Their home addresses are considered public information.  Some wear bracelets that can be tracked by satellite and cell phone towers. Others are forced to give their online identities and screen names to parole officers.  Some communities are limiting where offenders can live. The ability to track them, safety advocates say, is one of the best ways to protect the public...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).