November 2017

When a Sex Offender Comes to Visit: A National Assessment of Travel Restrictions

·November 30, 2017
·17 Comments

The present study examines the registration requirements for sex offenders traveling from their resident state to another state for business or pleasure. The author contacted each state’s primary SORN office…

International

Grenada to establish sex offender’s registry

·November 30, 2017
·0 Comments

The government of Grenada has announced its plans to establish a special victims unit and enact legislation that will require convicted sex offenders to be registered as part of the…

National

MN: Former sex offender challenges residence restrictions

·November 30, 2017
·15 Comments

On Oct. 2, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Snyder v Doe, a decision from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said that…

National

Parole violations are driving prison’s revolving door

·November 29, 2017
·11 Comments

[Richmond Times-Dispatch] (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shawn D. Bushway, University at Albany, State University of New York and…

National

OK: Tenth Circuit COA upholds Oklahoma driver’s license requirement

·November 29, 2017
·37 Comments

[NARSOL] By Robin . . . Unpersuaded by the court-appointed counsel’s encouragement to read a prison inmate’s pro se lawsuit liberally enough to include a First Amendment complaint, the Tenth…

National

IL: Sex offender back in court on internet access issue

·November 28, 2017
·3 Comments

A Normal man whose sexual abuse case is at the center of a legal debate over whether sex offenders should have access to the internet was back in court Monday,…

California

CA: We Are Now a Protected Class!

·November 28, 2017
·27 Comments

If you, like most of us, have a conviction on your record, beginning on January 1, 2018 you will belong to what might be called a “protected class” for hiring…

International

France: Teacher who had ‘affair’ with 14-yr-old pupil avoids jail

·November 28, 2017
·3 Comments

[abs-cbn.com] Fontainebleau, France - A French teacher was handed a suspended jail sentence Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old pupil, the latest of several cases fueling debate over the…

General News

Therapy for Sexual Misconduct? It’s Mostly Unproven

·November 28, 2017
·1 Comment

[New York Times] The recent surge in accusations of sexual harassment and assault has prompted some admitted offenders to seek professional help for the emotional or personality distortions that underlie…

California

CA: LA’s Hidden Sex Offender Problem is about to Get Worse

·November 27, 2017
·15 Comments

A few hours before Los Angeles voters went to the polls for a recent election, an unaccompanied man hauled voting equipment and confidential voter information into an LA elementary school’s…

General News

The Police Who Prey on Victims [opinion]

·November 26, 2017
·5 Comments

[cato.org] Although much of the press has been focused, of late, on the incidents of sexual assault in the entertainment and media industries, it is also among the most pernicious…

National

FL: With more sex offenders, probation officers want more money

·November 25, 2017
·9 Comments

With an increase in some of the state's most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked…

National

FL: Florida bill would declare porn a public health crisis: causes ‘unhealthy brain development’

·November 25, 2017
·43 Comments

[lifesitenews.com] FLORIDA, November 22, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The state of Florida may declare pornography a public health crisis because of the myriad health and brain problems it causes. Rep. Ross…

ACSOL California

CA: Why Highland is repealing its sex offender residency ordinances

·November 24, 2017
·6 Comments

The city of Highland is repealing its residency restrictions on sex offenders, two years after the state Supreme Court deemed similar restrictions unconstitutional. The City Council has agreed to repeal…

National

AZ: Buckeye Police create registry program for individuals with autism, other disabilities

·November 24, 2017
·8 Comments

[abc15.com] The Buckeye Police Department has launched a registry and identification program for individuals with autism and other conditions after a city officer mistook an autistic teen for a drug…

General News

What Rape Reform Needs: More Convictions, Less Punishment [opinion]

·November 24, 2017
·1 Comment

[thecrimereport.org] In what is being called the “Post-Weinstein era,” victims of sexual assault and harassment are finally being believed. This no doubt is overdue, but in the context of rape,…

California

CA: Child porn case against California doctor dismissed

·November 24, 2017
·1 Comment

[pressherald.com] The child pornography case against a California doctor whose computer was searched after he submitted it to Best Buy’s Geek Squad for repair has been dismissed after a judge…

National

TX: Jefferson Co. D.A.: Zero tolerance for sex offenders

·November 24, 2017
·4 Comments

[KFDM.com] Jefferson County District Attorney Bob Wortham tells KFDM News that his office has zero tolerance for sex offenders and will not support a sentence of probation for anyone convicted…

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Month: November 2017

When a Sex Offender Comes to Visit: A National Assessment of Travel Restrictions

Grenada to establish sex offender’s registry

MN: Former sex offender challenges residence restrictions

Parole violations are driving prison’s revolving door

OK: Tenth Circuit COA upholds Oklahoma driver’s license requirement

IL: Sex offender back in court on internet access issue

CA: We Are Now a Protected Class!

France: Teacher who had ‘affair’ with 14-yr-old pupil avoids jail

Therapy for Sexual Misconduct? It’s Mostly Unproven

CA: LA’s Hidden Sex Offender Problem is about to Get Worse

The Police Who Prey on Victims [opinion]

FL: With more sex offenders, probation officers want more money

FL: Florida bill would declare porn a public health crisis: causes ‘unhealthy brain development’

CA: Why Highland is repealing its sex offender residency ordinances

AZ: Buckeye Police create registry program for individuals with autism, other disabilities

What Rape Reform Needs: More Convictions, Less Punishment [opinion]

CA: Child porn case against California doctor dismissed

TX: Jefferson Co. D.A.: Zero tolerance for sex offenders

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