The respected rights group, Human Rights Watch, released this week a 146 page report two years in the making. Although there are numerous recommendations, the main ones are:
1. take the registries off the internet and only allow law enforcement or those who "need to know" access to information about high risk individuals
2. ban all housing restrictions
3. allow ex offenders reviews to prove they pose little or no risk to society
Much of the report detailed what is already public record such as that most (90% for children and 75% for women) sexual assaults are done by acquaintances,the vigilantism and harassment of ex offenders and families is common, and that there is little scientific or statistical evidence that the punitive measures by the national and state governments actually work to prevent sexual abuse.
Comments anyone? (If you are going to offer some ignorant, nilhistic remark, save it. We've all heard it before and it's old.)
2007-09-13
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