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Sex Offender Ghettos

By Corey Rayburnyung

I have long thought that sex offender ghettos are an inevitable result of residency restrictions.  A while ago, there was an excellent New York Magazine article about a sex offender "cluster" in Long Island.  Once these ghettos communities form, the question for the local community is whether that is good enough.  My expectation is that many communities will not be satisfied with the separation that ghettos afford.  Instead, many communities will seek de jure banishment from the larger area. In support of this prediction, there are early signs in Long Beach, California that the community may want to remove a small sex offender community. USA Today reports that an apartment building has been converted into a home for as many as 19 registered sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).