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Questioning the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registries

By "eAdvocate"

10-13-2010 South Carolina: (HealthNewsDigest.com) - Charleston, S.C. - Two federally-funded MUSC studies on South Carolina's sex offender registration and notification system and its effect on community safety revealed that prosecutors often pursue non-sexual charges or fail to get convictions for sex crimes since the registry was enacted in the mid-90's. The studies also found that the current system for convicted sex offenders often did not deter them from committing similar crimes. Lead investigator for both studies, Elizabeth Letourneau, Ph.D., MUSC associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said the findings show that the current state and federal laws for registering sex offenders and notifying communities about their locations need to be revamped...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).