Sex offenders

  • Do sex offender registries work?

    Anthony Sowell and Phillip Garrido were registered sex offenders. It didn't stop them from doing it again
  • Keeping track of sex offenders

    What to do when California parole officers have way too many cases and not enough resources?
  • Sex offender alert!

    Offendar, a tiny radar device, warns parents when a sex offender nears.
  • Pedophile blogger leaving California

    Following a new court order, Jack McClellan says he can no longer take the state's "Orwellian protocol."
  • The front line in the fight against online sexual predation

    Who knew that MySpace would be responsible for the country's first nationwide registry of convicted sex offenders?
  • Mommy, is Grandpa going to prison as a sex offender?

    My father-in-law faces serious criminal charges. What do I tell my 5-year-old daughter?
  • Was Romeo a sex offender?

    Under Florida law, if 18-year-olds have sex with 17-year-olds, they can be put into a database of sexual offenders.
  • Sex offender surveillance

    Legislation proposes "civil confinement" and bans offenders from most public spaces.
  • Is being the neighbor of a sex offender a crime?

    Judge rules five-year-old son can't visit dad in apartment across hall from sex offender.
  • Tracking sex offenders with GPS

    Strict new laws call for sex offenders to be electronically monitored for life. Critics say the technology won't stop crimes but is fueling hysteria -- and is even counterproductive.
  • When the perpetrator is the victim

    Under Utah law, a 13-year-old girl may be treated as a sex offender and a victim for the same act.
  • A scarlet letter for sex offenders?

    Judge orders man to wear T-shirt decreeing "I am a registered sex offender."
  • No punishment too severe?

    States are enacting stricter penalties for convicted sex offenders, but some restrictions may have unintended consequences.
  • Mall Santas: Nice or naughty?

    California legislator supports increased employment restrictions for convicted sex offenders.
  • Out of the frying pan, into group therapy

    A new Supreme Court ruling could increase the number of former sex offenders released into the community. For these ex-cons, the end of detention marks the beginning of intense, and possibly endless, therapy.
  • The chemical knife

    Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?

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