Sex offender

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A sex offender is a person who has been criminally charged and convicted of, or has pled guilty to, a sex crime. As a label of identity it is used in criminal psychology. Especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, the person, if convicted, is most likely required to register with the respective jurisdiction's sex offender registry.

Illinois

Illinois has a bill currently to ban or revoke sex offenders' right to vote.#redirect

Iowa

The State of Iowa has passed one of the hardest sex offender legislation in the United States. Under Iowa code 692A sex offenders are banned from living within 2,000 feet of schools and day cares "[Iowa Sex Offender Law Does Not Distinguish Sex Abuse from Consenting Sex Between Two Teens. It Imposes Lifetime Sentence For Both]", [omaha-neb.com], January 16, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2006., this essentially bans sex offenders from living in most cities and towns. In Does I, II & III v. Miller a federal judge from the southern district of Iowa held that the 2,000 foot rule is unconstitutional and violates an offender's right to substantive due process of the law and originally overturned the law citing the law retroactively imposes sanctions on sex offenders and their families (violating the ex post facto clause of the constitution). A year after the residency restrictions were found to be unconstitutional the ruling was reversed by the Iowa Court of Appeals, following the violent Jetsetta Gage child murder case said the statute was legal in the name of public safety. In Iowa, after the residency restrictions went in to effect there was a 400% increase in the number of sex offender registrants whose whereabouts were unconfirmed. Other sex offenders adjudicated for not registering or living too close to schools or daycares usually remain in the Iowa penal system for the remainder of their 10 years on the registry as most of the housing in Iowa is banned by the residency restrictions.

Iowa law also requires children and teens who have been adjudicated delinquent juveniles for sex crimes to register as sex offenders.

Recidivism Rates

While often considered highly dangerous by the public once released from prison, sex offenders have a relatively low reoffense or recidivism rate. Second only to murders most sex offenders have between a 3 and 13% chance of reoffense. "[Sex Offenses: Facts, Fictions and Policy Implications]", National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, January 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2006. PDF

Canadian studies have shown approximately a 13.4% rate of recidivism. Hanson, R.K. (1997). "Predictors of sex offence recidivism." Research Summary. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada.

Five U.S. Cities with the most registered sex offenders

1. Los Angeles 21,000 offenders
2. New York City 17,000 offenders
3. Detroit 11,000 offenders
4. Houston 950 offenders
5. Chicago 940 offenders

See also

• [National Sex Offender Database]
• [Report Online Abuse]

References

 

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