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Sex Offender Registries



There has been a movement to place all youth convicted or adjudicated with a sex offense on the federal sex offender registry. In most cases, youth would be subject to notification requirements and would be remain on the registry for life.

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Adam Walsh Act and Ohio Senate Bill 10: Effects on Children Adjudicated for Sex Offenses, Office of the Ohio Public Defender
Index of Sex Offender Research
Juvenile Sex Offenders Marked for Life, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 23, 2008
Web site Juvenile Sexual Offending Behavior, Center for Sex Offender Management
Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors,, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Bulletin, December
Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending, Adolescent Development and Legal Policy Monograph Series
Megan's Law - Juvenile Sex Offender Lower Age Limits (2009 Update), Linda A. Szymanski, NCJJ Snapshot, August 2009, Vol. 14, No. 8
Megan's Law - Termination of Registration Requirement (2009 Update), Linda A. Szymanski, NCJJ Snapshot, September 2009, Vol. 14, No. 9
Megan's Law- Juvenile Sex Offender Registration (2009 Update), Linda A. Szymanski, NCJJ, July 2009, Vol. 14, No. 7
Megan's Law: Assessing the Practical and Monetary Efficacy, Kristen Zgoba et al., National Criminal Justice Reference Service, December 2008
Web site National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth
New! No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US, Human Rights Watch, September 2007
Presentation on Adam Walsh to NCSL, 11/29/07
Registering Harm: A Briefing Book on the Adam Walsh Act, Justice Policy Institute, November 2008
Registering Harm: How Sex Offense Registries Fail Youth and Communities, Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, November 21, 2008
Resolution in Opposition of the Sex Offender and Registration Notification Act as it Applies to Juvenile Offenders, Council of State Governments, December 6, 2008
Sexual Offense Adjudication and Sexual Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders, Michael Caldwell, 2007
Web site State Legislative Responses to Juvenile Sex Offenders, Center for Sex Offender Management
Statement on Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, Iowa County Attorneys Association, January 2006
Testimony of Melissa Coretz Goemann Before U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), March 10, 2009
The Adam Walsh Act and Wisconsin: One-Size-Fits-All Registration Does Not Fit Everyone, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Summer 2009
Web site Video of Hearing on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): Barriers to Timely Compliance by States, U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, March 10, 2009
New! Sex Offender Management Policy in the States: Strengthening Policy and Practice, Council of State Governments, Winter 2010


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