Excellent Article: Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?
The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register.
The Queensland legislation, to be known as Daniel’s Law, was named in honour of Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe, who was abducted and murdered by a sex offender more than two decades ago.
But will this new legislation actually work to make children (and the public) safer? Will it act as a deterrent for those contemplating offending or re-offending?
There’s a lot of evidence about the effectiveness of registration and notification schemes from reviews conducted over the last 15 years, especially in the United States.
This evidence shows all forms of registries are highly unlikely to fulfil the outcomes sought by Daniel’s Law. Here are five reasons why.
Reason 1: lack of deterrence
Reason 2: false assumptions
Reason 3: abandoning rehabilitation
Reason 4: unintended consequences
Reason 5: wrongheaded resourcing
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The registry does the opposite of what it’s intended to do. It keeps people looking in the wrong direction for those they should fear. Instead of looking at the registry, people need to watch for other family members, teachers, coaches, and clergy, in a nutshell. Just look at the news!
Perfect article to send to those nitwits at KATU Portland, OR whose soccer mom’s believe more info broadcast is the better as well as the nitwit legislator who wants the same.
Please feel free to send