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"The Emerging Criminal War on Sex Offenders"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this new article on SSRN from Corey Rayburn Yung (who also runs the terrific blog Sex Crimes).  Here is the abstract for Corey's new piece: This article addresses four central questions.  First, what is the difference between normal law enforcement policy and a ?war? on crime?  Second, assuming such a line can be discerned, has the enactment of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (?AWA?) in combination with other sex offender laws triggered a transition to a criminal war on sex offenders?  Third, if such a criminal war is emerging, what will be the likely effects of such a transition?  Fourth, if such a criminal war is emerging with substantial negative consequences, can it be stopped? By reviewing America?s history of criminal wars, primarily in the War on Drugs, the article identifies three essential characteristics of a criminal war: marshaling of resources, myth creation, and exception making...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).