Author: Larry

Adult Sex Offender Management

The U.S. Department of Justice, July 2015, report shows that sex offender laws are ineffective and create more harms than producing any genuine good. See http://www.smart.gov/pdfs/AdultSexOffenderManagement.pdf in short—reference last paragraph of article: In terms of SORN, research to date has exhibited mixed…

When juveniles are found guilty of sexual misconduct

Please read this intense article by Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker and a visiting scholar at the N.Y.U. Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The following is truncated and an excerpt of her post, due to the length…

21st Century Public Shaming

On February 8th, Pres. Obama signed the “International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking” (H.R. 515), but made no formal public statement to go along with the signing. The White House issued a press release accompanying the…

I Married a Sex Offender

Below is excerpt from original article that you can read here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/18/i-married-a-sex-offender?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160219-388#.a8mkGIRAH For the first three years he was home, his picture wasn’t even on the [sex-offender registry] website. You would actually have to go into the police department to…

Utah’s Recidivism Rate In Light of National Trends

What is recidivism and what is the impact on the state? How does Utah compare nationally? What is Utah doing to address inmate recidivism and where is there room for improvement? What are other states doing? One in 31 adults…

Mesa neighborhood holds protest against sex offender halfway house

MESA, AZ – A Mesa neighborhood gathered together Wednesday night to protest a halfway house for sex offenders near Loop 202 and Power Road. The Schmidt couple, who owns the home, was told to cease and desist all operations in…

Introducing The Collateral Consequences Resource Center

COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER  The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public discussion of the collateral consequences of conviction, the legal restrictions and social stigma that burden people with a criminal record long…

Arizona WAR Meeting the 19th and 20th of January

Group Meeting January 19th Group meeting ~ On January 19th at 7 PM we will have an Arizona Women Against Registry group meeting to put the final touches on our approach and presentation the next day during our visit to the…

Megan’s Law, Another Violation

ALERT: New Jersey’s Rep Smith and International Megan’s Law, Another Violation Here is what we know about International Megan’s Law (IML) right now, it has been amended in the U.S. Senate and returned to the U.S. House for their approval before…