A recent article we linked to examining the effectiveness of
sex offender registries is actually part of a series of stories published in
the Sentinel of Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, that looks at the registry from a variety of perspectives.
The series includes an overview of Pennsylvania’s sexoffender registry.
Also included is an in-depth article explaining that the counselor who
co-authored a Psychology Today article
that’s been used for 30 years to justify the belief that sex offenders have a
high recidivism rate actually opposes sex offender registries and regrets that
the article has been used to further ever more draconian laws.
Another article contains the perspective of a Pennsylvania
registrant trying to put his life back together.
This article explains how some family members of registered
sex offenders are speaking out against the registry.
Kudos to reporter Joshua Vaughn for writing an even-handed
series of articles without falling into the morass of hysteria that so often
accompanies this topic.