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As Halloween approaches, many communities will start enacting or enforcing restrictions on the activities of registered citizens based on the myth that this holiday is a particularly dangerous time of year. For those looking to challenge this myth or respond to newspaper articles touting the “sex offender halloween scare”, you can cite this 2009 study which examined the myth and

The damage that is done every day to SO’s on the registry is undeniable. But the laws created with the intention of regulating and punishing sex offenders are also regulating and punishing the lives of their families. Many families are forced, due to economic reasons, to live within restricted areas. While one member of the family may be a RSO,

Richard B. Belzer has done a study to find out the over all costs associated with operating and maintaining the sex offender Registry and community notification compared to its social benefits.  The report consists of a pair of benefit-cost analyses of the application of registration and notification laws to juvenile sex offenders. The first is a quantitative retrospective assessment of

Under the current laws, PAROLED registered sex offenders in the state of Florida are restricted from participating in Halloween activities such as distribution of candy and wearing Halloween costumes. This reflects the message legislators are trying to convey that RSOs are to continue to be excluded from society.   Other states also participate in “No Candy” laws. North Carolina, Ohio,

“But punishment should fit both the offense and the offender, and placing children who commit sex offenses on a public registry – often for life – can cause more harm than good.”     The common misconception is that the average sex offender is a middle-aged man who is a predator of young children. As such, this image keeps people

It can be illegal to be homeless. As ludicrous as that sounds, it is the case for at least one man in Augusta, Maine who was arrested for not registering his currents address. However his address was under a tent under a bridge. This yet one more person affected by homelessness as a cause of being a registered sex offender.