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NH - Sex offender residency limits don't make kids safer - Bans turned out to be counterproductive

View the article here 03/06/2009 By BARBARAH KESHEN For the Monitor Next Tuesday Hillsboro voters will be asked to decide whether their town will join the handful of others in New Hampshire that restrict where convicted sex offenders may live. The voters should say No. Sex offender residency restriction laws forbid convicted sex offenders from living near child-oriented places like schools or playgrounds. The theory is that if children are out of sight of sex offenders, they will be safe. At first blush these laws might seem like a good idea. On the surface it makes sense that prohibiting convicted sex offenders from living near a school or playground might deliver them from temptation. But many experts have come to the opposite conclusion: These laws don't protect children and, in fact, might hurt them...continue to full post

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