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Knowledge is Power by Wayne Logan

By Corey Rayburnyung

Wayne Logan, who regular readers know has authored many of the most important articles about sex offender laws, has a new book coming out titled "Knowledge is Power: Criminal Registration and Community Notification Laws in America." This is from the Stanford University Press description:Societies have long sought security by identifying potentially dangerous individuals in their midst. America is surely no exception. Knowledge as Power traces the evolution of a modern technique that has come to enjoy nationwide popularity?criminal registration laws. Registration, which originated in the 1930s as a means of monitoring gangsters, went largely unused for decades before experiencing a dramatic resurgence in the 1990s. Since then it has been complemented by community notification laws which, like the "Wanted" posters of the Frontier West, publicly disclose registrants' identifying information, involving entire communities in the criminal monitoring process...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).