Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies: Criminal Law

Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Criminal Law

Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Sex offenses, sex offender issues in prison, jail, civil commitment and the community including residency laws. Adam Walsh Act, recidivism, dangerousness, tiers, community issues, harassment, vigilantism, sex offender therapy issues.
By "eAdvocate"

Post Frequency: 10.2/day

Last Entry: October 03, 2020 at 00:40:04

New study: Do popular actuarials work?

Posted on April 21, 2010
4-21-2010 National:From In The News by Karen Franklin:Newer instruments outperform Static-99 and RRASOR If you evaluate sex offenders, you may be overwhelmed by the dizzying array of actuarial risk assessment instruments vying for your vote: Static-99, RM 2000, RRASOR, Static-2002, SORAG, MnSOST-R...

Civil Confinement: Controversial reincarcerations must be done with great care

Posted on April 21, 2010
4-21-2010 New York:Civil confinement of sex offenders after their prison terms have ended has always been controversial.Though the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly approved the practice, the idea of reincarcerating people in secure psychiatric hospitals, perhaps indefinitely, because someone has determined that they might commit a similar crime in the future seems unjust...

UPDATE: Judge decides inmate's chilling interview is admissible

Posted on April 20, 2010
Earlier coverage of this case is found HERE. 4-19-2010 Georgia:A judge has decided that a chilling interview of a prison inmate, who boasts of killing his cellmate and vows to kill again, can be used against him in an upcoming federal death-penalty trial...

Sex offender laws pass without Colburn's license provision

Posted on April 20, 2010
4-20-2010 Maryland:Measure likened to a "scarlet letter"ANNAPOLIS On the last day of the Maryland General Assembly's 2010 session, delegates passed a bill that would create stricter registration laws and establish a three-tier ranking system for sex offenders, but chose to omit an amendment to the bill that would add special coding to sex offenders' drivers licenses...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

What To Do When The Police Come Calling

Posted on April 20, 2010
4-20-2010 Connecticut:From Norm Pattis at Defending Sex CrimesI'm a battle-hardened criminal defense lawyer, so it always surprises me how weak in the knees I get when a policeman pulls me over. The urge to confess runs rampant, even if I haven't done anything...

Studying Minnesota's sex offender program

Posted on April 20, 2010
4-20-2010 Minnesota:Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles said Tuesday that a detailed look at Minnesota's controversial sex offender program would hopefully answer many questions, but may not reach a definitive conclusion on whether it "either works or doesn't work...

The homeless sex offenders which were under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, are again being evicted, the alleged Homeless Trust help seems to have failed

Posted on April 19, 2010
4-18-2010 Florida:Click on pic to goto article over at SexOffenderIssues

How Somer Thompson Suspect Was Caught

Posted on April 18, 2010
In response to the claims being made that, the Media and 20/20 Show referred to Jarred Harrell was a "convicted sex offender" or "a registered sex offender." This being my third post on this issue.In the 20/20 Video Coverage of Somer Thompson CasePT-1: Parent's Nightmare 7-year-Old DisappearsPT-2: Number of Sex Offenders Shocks ResidentsPT-3: Police Hunt for Somer Thompson's KillerPT-4: Man

US judge won't ask Nebraska Supreme Court to review law

Posted on April 17, 2010
This is the federal judge who seems to believe that, states should have no say as to their laws, only federal interpretations of state laws are allowed.4-16-2010 Nebraska:OMAHA -- A federal judge won't ask the Nebraska Supreme Court to review the state's revised sex offender registry law...

Police Struggle To Track Homeless Sex Offenders

Posted on April 17, 2010
The fallacy of an fixed address: Authorities claim, that, if they have a fixed address for a former offender they can monitor him/her thus preventing recidivism. Accordingly, if we are to believe the police, then the only new sex crimes are committed by homeless offenders...

Parents watch sex offender admit killing teenage girls

Posted on April 17, 2010
4-17-2010 California:With two teary-eyed mothers looking on, convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to raping and murdering ...SAN DIEGO ? With two teary-eyed mothers looking on, sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to raping and murdering their teenage daughters...

Arrest in Girl?s Murder Highlights Sex Offender Myth

Posted on April 17, 2010
While this analysis by Radford is not in error, it is being posted to explain a comment he made which some may consider that Harrell was a prior sex offender.Highlighted below points to unrelated "sex crimes," what Radford means is the child pornography crimes which Harrell had been arrested for; one must look at the time frame that Radford's analysis was published...

Somer Thompson Murder Update: Did Mom Cover for Sex Offender Suspect?

Posted on April 17, 2010
Article contains an ERROR, the title refers to Jarred as a "sex offender suspect," the first sentence then says he is a "convicted sex offender" which is in ERROR!4-16-2010 Florida:ORANGE PARK, Fla. (CBS/AP) Somer Thompson's accused killer, convicted sex offender Jarred Harrell, told police he was at his mother's home the afternoon investigators say the 7-year-old died, according to police

KDOC cuts sex offender budget

Posted on April 16, 2010
4-15-2010 Kansas:The Kansas Department of Corrections responded to budget problems by dropping a contract for psychological consultants who play a key role in determining whether the state initiates civil commitment proceedings against violent sexual offenders, the attorney general said Thursday...

OFF TOPIC: Police: Man tortured 4-year-old to death for wetting his pants

Posted on April 16, 2010
Where are all the politicians on this case, they ignore it because it lacks a sexual element. No new laws, no restrictions on former offenders -which he was- this case will be ignored by the John Walshes of the world, and no politican will ever mention it...

New Documents In Jarred Harrell Case

Posted on April 16, 2010
4-16-2010 Florida:Harrell Told Police His Whereabouts The Day Somer Thompson DisappearedJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- New documents released Thursday by the state attorney's office reveal what Jarred Harrell told detectives he was doing the day Somer Thompson disappeared...

EDITORIAL: Narrow sex offender lists to true threats

Posted on April 15, 2010
4-14-2010 North Carolina:OUR VIEW: Narrow sex offender lists to true threatsEditor's note: A slightly different version of this editorial was first published Sunday in the Southwest County edition of the North County Times.As a teenager, Brian Brase made a very bad decision, for which he spent time in jail and on probation...

Father gets 35-80 year prison term for murdering 15-year-old son

Posted on April 15, 2010
4-15-2010 Michigan:Jamar Pinkney Sr. was sentenced this morning serve a 35- to 80-year prison term for murdering his son because he believed the boy had molested his half sister.Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Brian Sullivan also ordered Pinkney to serve an addition two years for using a firearm in a felony...

"John Doe" Goes To Court To Seek To Stay Off Sex Offender List

Posted on April 14, 2010
This is an interesting case and is likely to turn on what "foreign jurisdiction/s" are involved and whether he was afforded due process in those jurisdictions when -convicted, if convicted- 27 years ago..4-14-2010 Tennessee:A man identified only as "John Doe" has filed suit in Chancery Court seeking to stay off the Sex Offender Registry...

OFF TOPIC: Arizona Bill Aims to Outlaw Illegal Immigrants in State

Posted on April 14, 2010
How does one spell "oxymoron" in Arizona? "Outlaw illegal immigrants" might be one way. Now, where is the law that tells us, it is illegal to commit a crime? 4-14-2010 Arizona:The Arizona House on Tuesday approved a bill to crack down on illegal immigration by making it against state law to be in Arizona without legal immigration documents...

Deal (Horse Trading) reached on sex offender legislation

Posted on April 13, 2010
Its a sad state of affairs when laws are made based on "Horse Trading," "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." Whether or not the bills will help public safety or whether there is any evidence to support the contention of the bills, never entered into the discussion...

Sex offender registry generates interest, not violence

Posted on April 12, 2010
I guess its true that nothing happens if one keeps ignoring the reports of vigilantism and murders of folks associated with sex offenses in Wisconsin. And that does not cover the subtle vigilantism acts either. To say what has happened in other states because of the registry, couldn't happen in Wisconsin is closing ones eyes to reality...

The ever-growing sex offender registry

Posted on April 12, 2010
4-12-2010 National:A decade ago, when James Smith was 17, he and an accomplice forced another 17-year-old into a car with them near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The two wanted to collect drug money from a friend of the boy, and they forced him go along for the ride, making clear to him that if he didn?t, ?he is going to get what is coming to him,? according to the criminal complaint in the case...

Md. Senate Backs Marking Sex Offender Licenses

Posted on April 11, 2010
Another preposterous nonsensical proposal by a lawmaker bent on vengeance. Since when do the police need a reminder to check why someone has a child in a car who may not be theirs, that should be standard police procedure, not something they only need to do if they stop a registered sex offender...

State's sex offender risk classifications can mislead public

Posted on April 11, 2010
4-11-2010 Texas:Which sex offender is a higher risk to the public?A. A 20-year-old unmarried man who exposed himself at a party.B. A 30-year-old married man who molested his 3-year-old niece and 5-year-old daughter.If you said B, you probably would be wrong - if you're going by the state's assessed risk level for sex offenders, experts say...

Sex Offenders More Dangerous When They're Homeless: A FALSE BELIEF

Posted on April 10, 2010
A recent study "Failure to Register as a Sex Offender: Is it Associated with Recidivism?" proved that, unregistered sex offfenders are no more dangerous or likely to recidivate than their registered counterparts. And an earlier study in Minnesota: "The Effects of Failure to Register on Sex Offender Recidivism" held similar results...

Lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless sex offenders seeking shelter in Grand Rapids

Posted on April 09, 2010
4-8-2010 Michigan:GRAND RAPIDS -- After Thomas Pauli was found frozen to death in a salvage yard last year, advocates for the homeless criticized a state law that kept sex offenders out of emergency shelters near schools.Trouble is, all of the city's emergency shelters are within school zones...

Sex offender housing restrictions may lead to more crimes

Posted on April 09, 2010
4-9-2010 Illinois:After his prison sentence came to an end in April 2007, child sex predator Ronald Dubbins was supposed to undergo one year of tightly controlled supervision as he transitioned back home -- with electronic monitoring, mandatory therapy and frequent meetings with a parole officer...

High court hears arguments in GPS sex offender case

Posted on April 09, 2010
4-9-2010 Massachusetts:BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The state's highest court heard arguments today in a case that could decide whether judges have the ability to force convicted sex offenders to wear GPS bracelets.The sex offender at the center of today?s hearing was the subject of a FOX Undercover report earlier this week...

Va. Man Acquitted of Indecent Exposure in His Home

Posted on April 09, 2010
4-9-2010 Virginia:FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- A man charged with indecent exposure after two women said they saw him naked inside his own home was acquitted Wednesday by a Virginia jury. Erick Williamson, 29, has argued since his October arrest that he should not be punished for being naked in the privacy of his own home...

Previous | Next

Related Law Bulletins

2007 Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year: The Illegal Immigrant
The Dallas Morning News came up with a surprise today -- the newsp...

BREAKING NEWS - NJ Supreme Court's Decision in Mt. Laurel v. MiPro
Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a decision in Mount Lau...

Medical Malpractice News Roundup
From the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, a summary of recent de...

Insurance Department Issues Second Annual Ohio Medical Liability Closed Claim Report
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued its secon...

Primary Ads Urge Voters To Probe Candidates On Church-State Issues
A series of newspaper and television ads have been launched in New...