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IA - Iowa Sex Offender Research Council - Report to the Iowa General Assembly

View the entire article here | Archived Document Staff support to the Iowa Sex Offender Research Council is provided byThe Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice PlanningIowa Department of Human RightsLucas State Office BuildingDes Moines, Iowa 50319 Preface Over the last several years, lawmakers have been responding to several highly publicized child abduction, assault, and murder cases. While such cases remain rare in Iowa, the public debates they have generated are having far-reaching effects. Policy makers are responsible for controlling the nature of such effects. Challenges they face stem from the need to avoid responses whose primary motivation is political and the desire to make informed decisions that recognize both the strengths and the limitations of the criminal justice system as a vehicle for promoting safe and healthy families and communities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).