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Kansas considering sex offender residency restrictions and license labels

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, "Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar some sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or licensed day care [and] would mark their driver's licenses with the word 'offender' ? in different colors to show whether the victim was a child or adult." Here is more: A previous, similar proposal failed over objections from rural legislators who feared it would send sex offenders to their districts.  The bill under discussion now is crafted to ease their concerns.... Some, however, have questioned the effectiveness of residency restrictions in stopping sex crimes against children.  Former Sen. Karin Brownlee of Olathe cited a 2006 report for the Ohio Sentencing Commission that found 93 percent of molestation victims were well known to their perpetrators...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).