including, "Crimes Against Children: Is the sex offender law working?" by Mary Zahn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Houston Chronicle - When posters and fliers warning of a child molester appeared mysteriously in a neighborhood here, residents quickly called Fort Bend County authorities.
Notification letters were sent out recently by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department and local school district officials, including Parma, informing residents and parents about the presence of a convicted sex offender in their community.
Requires states to inform the public when a convicted sex offender considered a danger to the public is released from prison and settles in the neighborhood.
The Web's impact on information occasionally sparks controversy. Privacy advocates, for example, challenge existing public records laws that fail to address, or clearly allow, making personal data available via Web sites.
Suspect allegedly failed to give police new address.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year has paved the way for Ohio and other states to move forward with legislation that would allow certain child molesters and other sex offenders to be confined past the point they have served a prison sentence.
New technology at its best, right? No, this is just part 2 of the state's warped and illogical system of justice for sex-crime perpetrators.
A Lubbock firm that does criminal background checks for schools and apartment communities has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety for its entire criminal conviction database.
Background information about false accusations of child sexual abuse.
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