Why Sex Offender Registries Keep Growing Even as Sexual Violence Rates Fall
"Rules like that aren’t unique—22 other states keep out-of-state visitors on their registries for life, according to a study released last November. It’s one reason state lists misrepresent the actual number of people with sex-crime records living in communities. As already-bloated lists keep ballooning, they feed the impression of a growing population of dangerous people who require ever-more-extreme laws to monitor and control."
Criminal Legal News
August 17, 2018