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Two recent editorials – one by Radley Balko in the Washington Post and the other by David Feige in Slate – explain that the common justification for harsh sex offender registries – “frightening and high” recidivism rates – is a lie. Feige highlights some relevant statistics. In reality, sex offenders have among the lowest same-crime … Continue reading Sex offender registries based on a lie
A new study finds that one-percent of black men in the United States is a registered sex offender. University of Albany Assistant Professor of Sociology Trevor Hoppe analyzed data from 49 states that shows the number of registered sex offenders increased by nearly 25-percent between 2005 and 2013. Embedded in those increased registration rates, researchers … Continue reading Study: One percent of black men in U.S. is a registered sex offender
That is the question Galen Baughman asks in this TEDx lecture, given to a college audience in New York last November. Baughman spent nine years in a Virginia prison, for having consensual sex with his 14-year-old boyfriend when he was 19 years old. He won his freedom in a historic civil commitment trial. Watch the … Continue reading Are we all Sex Offenders?
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