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By Corey Rayburnyung

LexisNexis has announced the release of Sex Offender Alerts, "a solution that provides law enforcement officials with automated notification of the location of sex offenders, especially as they move from one law enforcement jurisdiction to another."  These alerts are designed to support enforcement of the federal Adam Walsh Act. CNN reports that Japan is being criticized by UNICEF because its "child pornography law suffers from serious loopholes that hobble law enforcement and threaten children around the world."  Although the current law bans production and distribution of child pornography, it is not a crime to possess it. How Appealing links to a new essay on Slate which asks "Why Is Prostitution Illegal?" The essay discusses various approaches by countries all over the world...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 12, 2008 (boomark / email).