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Which Makes Us Safer? Residency Restrictions or Enhanced Rehabilitation for Former Sexual Offenders?
Loaded on Jan. 21, 2020
by Sandy Rozek
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2020, page 26
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Sex Offender Residence,
Sex Offender Treatment.
Location:
United States of America.
by Sandy Rozek, NARSOL
Twenty years ago, at age 23, William committed a serious sexual crime for which he spent three years in prison and participated in an intensive treatment program – four hours a day, five days a week. He confronted the demons of his own childhood molestation and ...
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- New Tennessee Legislation Will Destroy Hundreds, Probably Thousands, of Families, Aug. 6, 2019
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- ‘They need to be marked for life’, June 14, 2019
- Knowing Sexual Offense Facts Important; Paying Attention to Them Critical, May 15, 2019
- Destroyed Lives, March 15, 2019
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