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SEX OFFENDER NOTIFICATION

 

DEFINITION: “These are laws which direct the police or District Attorney’s office to notify neighbors when released sex offenders move into their neighborhood.” (Media and the Law Spring 1995, p.4)

 

NARROW THE SUBJECT:

• Does neighborhood notification really achieve security?

• Does this law deter crime?

• Does this law create a climate of vigilantism?

• Does this law cause harm to individuals who have served their time?

• Would this law cause sex offenders to avoid treatment and hide, thus subjecting the public to greater risk?

• What effect does this law have on successfully rehabilitated offenders?

• Why should a sex offender have to comply with this law when a drug dealer or murderer does not?

• Should laws reflect local public sentiment?

• Will the Jessica Lunsford Act protect children?

• Does this law violate the offender’s right to privacy?

• Should sex offenders be tracked by global positioning satellites?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS:  Child abuse--Prevention; Female sex offenders--Identification; .Teenage sex offenders; Sex Offenses; Sex offenders

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties   "Megan’s Law (1996)"	REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003
Violence in America	REF HN 90 .V5 V5474 1999
Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights & Liberties	REF KF 4748 .E53 2006 "Sex Offenders, Rights of"
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law "Sexual Offenses"	REF KF 154 .W47

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

CQ Researcher   Cyber Predators 3/1/02; "Sex Offenders" 9/8/06

Encyclopedia of Family Life “Megan’s Law”

Current Controversies: Homosexuality  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Issues & Controversies: “Sex Offender Notification” 4/10/06

Opposing Viewpoints: Sexual Violence; Child Abuse

Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/abstract/sssor01.htm

 

STATISTICS:

Gallup Poll REF HN 90 .P8 G35

Information Plus: Child Abuse (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Family Watchdog: http://www.familywatchdog.us/OffenderCountByState.asp

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Select Edition

Social Science Full Text

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

 

SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:

National Criminal Justice Resource Center	http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?Topicid=114
FDLE   Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators	http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/homepage.do
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation	http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm
SexCriminals.com	http://www.sexcriminals.com/registration-notification/
Center for Sex Offender Management	http://www.csom.org/

 

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