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
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams November 5, 2009

  • Keeping track of sex offenders

    What to do when California parole officers have way too many cases and not enough resources?
    By Sady Doyle September 28, 2009

  • Sex offender alert!

    Offendar, a tiny radar device, warns parents when a sex offender nears.
    By Carol Lloyd December 7, 2007

  • Pedophile blogger leaving California

    Following a new court order, Jack McClellan says he can no longer take the state's "Orwellian protocol."
    By Tracy Clark-Flory August 27, 2007

  • 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?
    By Catherine Price May 22, 2007

  • 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?
    By Cary Tennis March 28, 2007

  • 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.
    By Catherine Price March 13, 2007

  • Sex offender surveillance

    Legislation proposes "civil confinement" and bans offenders from most public spaces.
    By Carol Lloyd March 1, 2007

  • 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.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 2, 2007

  • 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.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski December 19, 2006

  • 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.
    By Carol Lloyd December 7, 2006

  • A scarlet letter for sex offenders?

    Judge orders man to wear T-shirt decreeing "I am a registered sex offender."
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 6, 2006

  • No punishment too severe?

    States are enacting stricter penalties for convicted sex offenders, but some restrictions may have unintended consequences.
    By Page Rockwell October 31, 2006

  • Mall Santas: Nice or naughty?

    California legislator supports increased employment restrictions for convicted sex offenders.
    By Lynn Harris June 21, 2006

  • 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.
    By Pegi Taylor January 24, 2002

  • The chemical knife

    Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?
    By Kevin Giordano March 1, 2000
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