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Review of the Department of Justice?s Implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

View the rest of the article here (PDF) This document shows the registries are filled with errors, and are basically pointless, IMO. Also, how many of these "profiles" were created by someone else, like vigilantes, or someone just wanting to harass a sex offender? 12/2008 INTRODUCTION This report examines the Department of Justice?s (Department) implementation of Title I of the Adam Walsh Act, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which sets forth specific responsibilities for the Department in identifying, arresting, and prosecuting sex offenders who have failed to register or update a registration. Sex offenders who do not register or update registrations are considered non-compliant and are subject to prosecution under SORNA when federal jurisdiction can be established...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).