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MA - Expert: Door-to-door sex offender notification not more effective than other forms

Original Article It is my opinion that all of us who are fighting these laws, need to start fighting fire with fire. We need to start DEMANDING that ALL CRIMINALS are put on an online registry, residency restrictions set, and public notifications done. Then, you can bet the laws will be repealed and found unconstitutional, IMO. 03/20/2011 ABINGTON - Public door-to-door notification of Level 3 sexual offenders, as conducted in towns such as Abington, doesn?t necessarily make the community safer, an expert says. - It also means the registry is not worth anything either, or else they would not need to do this.  See the last post I did, where a notification was sent out and an innocent person was beaten by a mob and hospitalized. Carlos Cuevas, a psychologist and professor in Northeastern University?s college of criminology and criminal justice, said police may have anecdotal evidence of active notification impacting crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).