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Sex Offenders: Recidivism, Re-Entry Policy and Facts

Paul Heroux | Posted 01.08.2012

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Paul Heroux

These statistics fly in the face of conventional wisdom but they are the facts: as a group, sex offenders have the lowest rate of recidivism of all the crime categories.

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Andrew Cuomo Signs Legislation Banning Child Molesters From Driving School Buses

Posted 10.16.2011

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Tuesday banning convicted sex offenders, sex traffickers, those who have lured children and people convicted o...

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The Accidental Sex Offender

Marie Claire | Posted 09.12.2011

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It was a classic teenage love story. He was a football star, and she was a cheerleader. They met, they fell in love, they started having sex. And then...

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Chelsea's Law Signed By Schwarzenegger, Will Give Some Sex Offenders Life In Prison

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Thursday to put some sex offenders in prison for life at a bittersweet ceremony for fa...

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California To Consider Marked IDs For Sex Offenders

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN DIEGO — The father of a 14-year-old girl who was raped and murdered joined the latest legal offensive against registered sex offenders in Ca...

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When Victims Become Guilty by Association

Deborah Schoeberlein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Deborah Schoeberlein

At 5:00 p.m. on a Friday, a local watchdog sent out a blast email identifying an educational consultant my friend had hired as a registered sex offender. Then all hell broke loose.

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Schwarzenegger Orders Sex Offenders' Parole Records Retained

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefi...

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This Halloween, Let's Protect Our Children from Anti-Stranger Hype

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip N. Cohen

A recent analysis on sex abuse concluded there isn't even the smallest blip at Halloween -- no increase in the rates on the days around Halloween compared with days two weeks before or after.

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Florida Law Leads To Shantytown For Banished Sex Offenders

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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They used to be invisible, the four or five convicted sex offenders camping out on the Julia Tuttle Causeway connecting Miami to Miami Beach. But for ...

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