Related Experiment Videos
Feel good legislation: prevention or calamity
1Safer Society Foundation, Inc., Brandon, VT, USA.
Child Abuse & Neglect
|February 1, 1996
Summary
The Safer Society Foundation opposes public notification laws for convicted sex offenders, advocating instead for community safety and offender treatment. This stance supports offender registration but rejects community notification due to potential negative impacts.
Area of Science:
- Criminology
- Public Policy
- Social Science
Background:
- Public notification laws for sex offender release are a contentious issue.
- The Safer Society Foundation has prepared this paper on community safety and offender notification.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the multifaceted issues surrounding public notification of convicted sex offender release.
- To examine the impact of these laws on citizens, families, victims, and offenders.
Main Methods:
- Policy analysis
- Review of existing literature on sex offender registration and notification laws
- Examination of societal impacts
Main Results:
- The Safer Society Foundation supports offender registration but opposes public notification laws.
- Public notification can have significant impacts on various community stakeholders.
Conclusions:
- The paper aims to assist states considering public notification laws by providing a comprehensive overview of related issues.
- A balanced approach considering community safety, victim needs, and offender treatment is advocated.