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NARSOL Calls Out Patch: STOP the Red Dots!
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For Halloween, take the sex offender map with a grain of salt.
NARSOL Calls Out Patch: STOP the Red Dots!
NARSOL’s Halloween project this year is an open letter in the form of a press release asking for the end to “red-dotting” the homes or listing the names and addresses of those listed on sexual offense registries. This is an insidious practice that has developed over the past ten or so years, a practice that is totally contradicted by research. The open letter is signed by NARSOL, by all of NARSOL affiliate organizations, and by a great many notable organizations and individuals.
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The New Proposed AWA Regulations: What, Exactly, Should We Be Worried About?
National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL), September 9, 2020
To put these
proposed regulations in perspective, we would say that the new regulations
would give states a much easier path to become AWA compliant. With only a few
exceptions, most non-compliant states and territories are non-compliant not
because they have rejected the AWA’s standards, but because they have been
unable to meet those standards through legislation. The Federal Sex Offender
Registration Apprehe...
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Veterans on the Sex Offense Registry: Examining the correlation between serving in the military and subsequent justice-involvement.
The Evidence-Based Case for Ending Sex Offender Registries
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Why Keeping People With Sex Offense Convictions Off Social Media Sites Does Little To Make Those Sites Safer
Letter to the Editor
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/19/opinion/governor-bakers-bill-renews-focus-dealing-with-sex-offenders/
LETTERS
Governor Baker’s bill renews focus on dealing with sex offenders
Updated December 19, 2019, 12:01 a.m.
Push for Draconian policy is based on false assumptions
We regret the stance the Globe has taken in support of Governor Baker’s bill seeking mandatory life sentences for those convicted of certain serious sexual offenses and radical changes to our civil commitment...
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Halloween and Stranger Danger
http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/christine-hume-halloween-and-stranger-danger
October 31, 2019By Christine HumeBoston Review
Do you believe in the boogeyman?
This is the pivotal question of the Halloween movie franchise. The tension around naming the movies’ antagonist foregrounds the problem of seeing him: “it” or “him,” “thing” or “human,” “The Shape” or “Michael Myers”? Even if you have never seen the original 1978 movie, you know the plot. On Halloween 1963, six-year-o...
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Sex offender registries poor safety policy
By Kristina Knittel
Posted Oct 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM
As an advocate for survivors of abuse and as someone who has personally been impacted by sexual violence, I care deeply about true accountability for offenders, prevention of new harm and the safety and healing of our communities. Because of those priorities and values, I was alarmed at The Register Guard’s editorial that advocated for a public safety policy that is disconnected from what we know works, does not keep our com...
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