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MN - When getting tough backfires

View the article here 06/12/2007 When a child is abducted and killed, or a young woman is brutally raped, lawmakers scramble to crack down on sex offenders. Sometimes, the new laws actually make things worse. Sex offender laws have unintended consequences Lawmakers react when sex crimes make the news. But do those laws aimed at cracking down on sex offenders improve public safety, or create a false sense of security? (06/18/2007) Laws based more on myth than fact Across the country, state lawmakers are getting tough on sex offenders. Researchers say too often, lawmakers depend on myth, not fact, when they pass new restrictions on sex offenders. (06/19/2007) A better approach to sex offender policy Across the country state lawmakers are getting tough on sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).