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Significant findings on the varied impacts sex offender registration/notification regimes

By Douglas A. Berman

This press release from the Medical University of South Carolina, which is headlined "Questioning the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registries," reports on some notable new research findings concerning sex offender registration/notification regimes.  Here are some highlights: Two federally-funded MUSC studies on South Carolina's sex offender registration and notification system and its effect on community safety revealed that prosecutors often pursue non-sexual charges or fail to get convictions for sex crimes since the registry was enacted in the mid-90's.  The studies also found that the current system for convicted sex offenders often did not deter them from committing similar crimes. Lead investigator for both studies, Elizabeth Letourneau, Ph...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).