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OK - Restrictions on offenders called into doubt - A group says residency rules may make enforcement more difficult.

View the article here Finally some common sense! 02/22/2009 By NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff Writer Oklahoma's residency restrictions for sex offenders are too broad and may be counterproductive, according to a newly formed group of people who work in sex-offender management. The Oklahoma Coalition for Sex Offender Management met for the first time this month and is working on a position statement about the restrictions. In 2006, a law took effect prohibiting sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of playgrounds, parks or child-care facilities. They were already prohibited from living within that distance of schools. In Tulsa, that ruled out more than 90 percent of the city. "We think Oklahoma should be a state that is informed by effective public policy that is evidence-based rather than politically expedient," said Randy Lopp, chairman of the group...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).