A Conversation with Judith Levine February 5, 2021 @ 11:10am EST via Zoom Event sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice at St. Francis College Sign-Up Here (Required) Join Judith Levine and Emily Horowitz for a conversation about Judith’s new book THE FEMINIST AND THE SEX OFFENDER (Verso, 2020). The Feminist and the Sex Offender, co-authored by Judith Levine & Erica...
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COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS X. HARDING, JR.

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS X. HARDING, JR.
The defendant raises two issues on appeal. The first is whether he was required, as a self-employed homeimprovement contractor, to identify the temporary work sites where he performed his work as his "work address" under the SORB registration statute, G. L. c. 6, § 178E. The second is whether the defendant's condition of probation -- that he was "not to 6 work, volunteer, [or] reside with children...
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NARSOL Calls Out Patch: STOP the Red Dots!

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 NA...
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The New Proposed AWA Regulations: What, Exactly, Should We Be Worried About?

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 be...
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