Weekly Updates

(Weekly Update #176) Dear Members and Advocates, This past week, we revisited the Pennsylvania Record account of the five female students who falsely accused a male student of sexual assault.  Law enforcement believed them and apparently a prosecutor did, too. The Jacksonville Florida Times Union had as its lead story on the front page of a Sunday edition in the

(Weekly Update #175) Dear Members and Advocates, Are you familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Basic Needs?   It is a theory by Abraham Maslow, which puts forward that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs: physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. Survival and successes are difficult enough when our basic human needs are being met.  But as many have

  (Weekly Update #174) Dear Members and Advocates, There are many misconceptions about the sex offense registry.  One would be hard pressed to find a Florida legislator who is familiar with all of the statutes and ordinances that pertain to people in our state who are forced to register. I have found that most people are shocked when they learn

(Weekly Update #173) Due to technical error, the 10-5-2021 Weekly Update was not delivered to all FAC members.  This is a re-transmission of the 10-5-2021 Weekly Update Dear Members and Advocates, We learned this past week that the first-of-its-kind meta-analysis study on evaluating the effects of SORN on recidivism showed that SORN policies have had NO effect on recidivism. Any

(Weekly Update #171) Dear Members and Advocates, We read in articles so often that parents are horrified that someone with a past sex offense could be living close by.  When such fear takes over, rational thinking stops. Florida’s newly appointed Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo stated in a news conference this past week that Floridians need to reject fears as

(Weekly Update #170) Dear Members and Advocates, Gail Colletta, our FAC President, participated in an interview with the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), the research arm of the Florida Legislature.  OPPAGA supports the Florida Legislature by providing data, evaluative research and objective analysis that assist legislative budget and policy deliberations. The agency meets every three years to