International – Page 3

China: College pitcher with sex-offender past spurned in China, too

·August 7, 2018
·10 Comments

[nypost.com - 8/7/18] Former star collegiate pitcher Luke Heimlich’s status as a sex offender has once again derailed his professional baseball aspirations. The former Oregon State ace had agreed to…

Bermuda: Recommendations To Deal With Sex Offenders

·July 30, 2018
·8 Comments

“All convicted sexual offenders should be required to participate in a mandatory treatment program prior to their release,” was one of the recommendations contained in the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee…

Singapore: Unofficial sex-offender registry raises risk of vigilantism

·July 29, 2018
·4 Comments

[straitstimes.com - 7/26/18] The unofficial registry of convicted sex offenders is nothing more than harassment and more punishment for former offenders who have already served their time (Unofficial registry of…

Third Circuit Upholds Denial of Registrant’s Right to Sponsor Wife for Citizenship

·July 9, 2018
·51 Comments

[ACSOL 7/9/18] The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that an individual convicted of a sex offense does not have the right to sponsor his foreign…

Ireland and US agree to share travel information of convicted child sex offenders

·July 7, 2018
·11 Comments

MINISTER SIMON COVENEY today secured approval to sign a letter of intent with the US to allow the exchange of international travel information of convicted child sex offenders. The approval…

UK: The Experiment with Lie Detection Should Be Ended

·June 18, 2018
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[andybalmer.wordpress.com - 9/24/16] The polygraph machine – or ‘lie detector’ – has long been tied-up with sex and sexuality, from the use of the device to out homosexuals during McCarthyist…

OffenderWatch, Largest Sex Offender Registry Network in the U.S., Launches International Division (Press Release)

·June 18, 2018
·27 Comments

According to a report from the Ministry of Justice, the number of jailed registered sex offenders in England and Wales rose 82 percent from 2007–2017. As the number of sex…

IL: Good news. A Win in Illinois!

·June 15, 2018
·33 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 6/15/18] In April, we wrote about an FAC member currently exiled from his home country because of International Megan’s Law. One of our members, who has a decades-old…

Canada: Marni Soupcoff: Sex-offender registries may be doing more harm than good

·June 12, 2018
·4 Comments

[nationalpost.com - 6/11/18] To call the state of New Hampshire's computer sex crime law excessive is an understatement. Just a couple of weeks ago, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld…

India: Sexual offenders’ registry still a work in progress

·June 12, 2018
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[economictimes.indiatimes.com - 6/11/18] Recently, a 26-yearold woman was sexually assaulted by a cab driver in Bengaluru while she was heading to the airport to catch an early-morning flight. The cab…

AUS: Do public sex offender registries work? ‘Surprise’ findings in Australian study

·June 4, 2018
·6 Comments

Public sex offender registries designed to shutdown pedophiles and rapists will not stop recidivism, while a searchable database could see house prices in some neighbourhoods drop by up to 8…

India: Kerala readies bill on sex offenders’ database

·June 1, 2018
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[timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 6/1/18] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state home department is ready with a draft bill that would allow the preparation of a sex offenders' database that can be accessed by the…

Australia: What impact do public sex offender registries have on community safety?

·May 22, 2018
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[aic.gov.au 5/22/18] Abstract: Sexual offending has a significant impact on victims and can cause considerable angst within the community. The effective management of sex offenders in the community is of…

Australia: Tougher punishment needed for child sex crimes

·May 18, 2018
·1 Comment

[theage.com.au 5/16/18] Should child sex offenders be named and shamed, and their locations placed on a public register after they are released from prison? Raping or otherwise sexually assaulting a…

Brazil: Arrests hundreds in massive crackdown on child porn

·May 18, 2018
·5 Comments

In just one day, Brazilian authorities went after 578 people on warrants for crimes of child pornography and sexual exploitation of minors. The massive raid is the largest ever in…

UK: Parents should ask their baby’s permission before changing dirty nappy, sexuality expert says

·May 11, 2018
·7 Comments

[independent.co.uk 5/11/18] A sexuality expert says parents should ask their child’s permission before changing their nappies - so they can set up a “culture of consent.” Deanne Carson made the…

How do we get better, really? The Achieving Clinical Excellence 2018 Conference in Östersund, Sweden

·May 9, 2018
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[sajrt.blogspot.com 5/9/18] The evidence is in, and there’s no doubt. Psychotherapy works for a wide range of conditions and behaviors. People can and do change, often suddenly and unpredictably. Among…

OffenderWatch, the Largest Sex Offender Registry Network in the U.S., Awarded Contract with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

·May 5, 2018
·2 Comments

[watchsystems.com 5/4/18] COVINGTON, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OffenderWatch, the leading public safety sex offender registry network in the United States, is pleased to announce that it will be working with the Royal Canadian…

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