The arguments from experts who contend that residency restrictions such as those sought by Dawn Knull don’t work focus on concerns that the restrictions isolate sex offenders and make it more difficult for them to be rehabilitated.
“It is a bad idea from the perspective of public safety,” said Mary Catherine Roper, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, which brought the case on behalf of sex offenders that led to the court striking down the Allegheny County ordinance.
Many experts have come out in recent years to say the restrictions don’t work, Roper said. Full Article
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Knull effort is aimed at restricting where sex offenders live, for sake of children’s safety
It becomes tiresome to read articles such as this where they speak about registrants being “more likely to reoffend” because of residency restrictions.
No, registrants are more likely to “die” because of residency restrictions, not reoffend.
When you can’t find a decent place to live, you can’t find a job because most jobs require you to have an address. No job means you can’t buy basic necessities, like food. If you are living under a bridge or in a tent city, exposed to the elements, you’re more likely to get sick, but since you have no job, you probably have no healthcare benefits nor money to seek treatment.
Why in the world do people think when you are homeless, sick and starving that you’re immediate first instinct would be to go out and reoffend?
How insane.
Notice how the headline says “some” experts? Umm, no. As the journalist then (accidentally?) admits, it’s “most” experts say the restrictions don’t work. Sheesh!
Here’s a radical idea: how about using clinical assessments to determine risk? What a novel idea! Oh wait, that would mean having to do work and spend money on the “filth” known as SOs. Much easier to toss the entire onus on their backs.
“Knull effort is aimed at restricting where sex offenders live, for sake of children’s safety.”
Considering family members make up just over half of child abusers, is Knull suggesting we ban procreation and start sterilizing people?