25 years of data on sex offenses
Attached is a study involving 25 years of data. Meghan Mitchell will speak in a WAR Room Zoom Meeting. The-effectiveness-of-meta-analysis-of-25-years-of-findings
Audit finds issues with state’s sex offender
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – The state auditor has found problems with Arizona’s sex offender website, which is run by DPS. On the sex offender information page of Arizona DPS’ portal, it states that DPS is responsible for maintaining the sex offender website and verifying the name, address and photograph of each sex offender […]
SOHO Registry Debate
On February 12, 2018, Emily Horowitz debated Marci Hamilton over whether we should abolish the registry for convicted sex offenders. Horowitz is chair of the sociology and criminal justice department at St. Francis College, and Hamilton authored Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children. _____ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/reasontv Like […]
Serena Solomon article on WAR published in Vox
When a sex offender calls, she’s there to listen As advocates reevaluate the value of offender registries, a women-led support line vows to offer help to those who feel shunned by their communities.By Serena Solomon The following excerpt is from the ezine Vox. Please follow the link below to read the full article. Thanks folks. And […]
Why call someone by what we don’t want them to be? The ethics of labeling in forensic/correctional psychology
As a partial Abstract from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1421640 on “Labeling” please refer to the link to read this very important article. Pass on to your local Police Dept Detective or your Probation Dept as well as other members of your family and friends. Labeling a person by their past behavior or a criminal conviction is commonplace throughout […]
CCRC-scholarship-round-up-august-2019
New post on Collateral Consequences Resource Center CCRC scholarship round-up – August 2019 by Alessandro Corda Editor’s note: This past year has seen a burgeoning of scholarship dealing with collateral consequences broadly defined, from lawyers, social scientists, and philosophers. CCRC’s good friend Alessandro Corda has selected fifteen notable articles published in 2018-19, with information, links, and abstracts. […]
ACLU pushes for removal of sex offender registry
MICHIGAN — Could the sex offender registry soon be a thing of the past? The American Civil Liberties Union wants to possibly get rid of it, saying the registry doesn’t work. Right now, there are two cases out of Michigan, including a class action lawsuit, claiming several parts of the registry are unconstitutional. “In August […]
Indeed, virtually every criminal justice outcome can be traced to a prosecutor’s decision.
Conclusion Prosecutors are not powerless. Indeed, virtually every criminal justice outcome can be traced to a prosecutor’s decision. But this exercise—“six degrees of prosecution”—can be conducted with many other criminal justice actors. For every prosecutor who asks for a high bail or severe sentence, there is a legislature that authorized the result and a judge […]
Maricopa County needs a 21st century prosecutor. It doesn’t have one
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s recent op-ed in the Arizona Capitol Times gets one thing right: “21st century prosecutors strive for far more than convictions.” But with a long record of harsh treatment of criminal defendants and opposition to criminal justice reform, Mr. Montgomery isn’t a “21st century prosecutor.” What does it mean to be a […]
Great news about UNTOUCHABLE, the film is available for streaming starting JANUARY 15th
FACT: More people are now listed on sex-offender registries than are currently in jail in the US. It’s an amazing statistic that illuminates one of the darkest corners of our criminal justice system: our fear-based approach to dealing with sex offenders. So why do we have these massive lists? Are they fair? Do they keep us safe? Untouchable, the […]
