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...J.J. Prescott Abstract Community notification laws may make sense in the context of traditional sex offenses and sex offenders. But child pornography crimes and the individuals who commit them are different, and they differ from archetypal sex crimes and criminals in ways that may unintentionally...

... with their state’s sex offense specific database, which can carry fees. Relatedly, such individuals are often required to attend treatment, take recurring polygraph tests, and are more likely to be placed on electronic monitoring, all of which carry surcharges. At the same time, people with sexual offense...

... importantly, sex offenders generally are very unlikely to commit another sex crime, though statistical probability varies by type of sex offense conviction.5 Myths and incorrect suppositions about sexual offenders pervade discourse and inform policy making. As crime generally has declined, so have sex crimes...

...., Somerville, NJ and the Ann Klein Forensic Center, Special Treatment Unit, Kearny, NJ The authors thank Maureen O Brien, Esq., Glenn Ferguson, Ph.D., and New Jersey Department of Corrections Director William Plantier for their helpful reviews of earlier drafts of this article. I. Introduction Sex offenses...

... offender is a person convicted under the law of any jurisdiction of any kind of sex offense, broadly defined.2 This includes a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an attempted sexual act if he was at least fourteen years old.3 It includes a teenaged boy convicted of consensual sexual contact with his...

... of children although it is an obscenity offense in the penal statutes, its violation is considered a child FEDERAL SENTENCING REPORTER VOL. 25, NO. 5 JUNE 2013 335 Table 1 Child Pornography Statutory Penalty Ranges Production Receipt/Distribution/ Transportation Possession Obscenity No Prior Sex Prior Sex...

... Stat. 2974. 15. 18 U.S.C. § 2243(a). 17. Sentencing Federal Sexual Offenders, supra note 2, at 13, Table 2. Federal Courts and theNative American Sex Offender Native Americans are prosecuted at a higher rateforsex abuse offenses thanforany otherfederalcrime.W1 hile infiscal 1999, sex...

... measures such as registration and notification covering all or most persons who have been convicted of a sexual offense and who are therefore deemed to be at some risk of doing so again in the future.1 A key aspect of the concept of dangerousness as applied to high-risk predatory sex offenders...

... and their offending members confront unique obstacles to reentry, including publicity concerning the sex offender s release (media and/or other forms of public notification) and stigmatization due to the nature of the sex offense. A rationale for developing services and programs for such families...

... in that factor compared to overall caseload changes. A. New or Amended Criminal Statutes The most important changes in criminal statutes involved four offenses or offense groups: driving while impaired, domestic assault, sex offenses, and drug offenses. The rst three of these increased felony caseload sizes...

... of another, or (2) is murder, voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping, aggravated assault, a forcible sex offense, robbery, [burglary of a dwelling][burglary], burglary of a dwelling, arson, or extortion, or involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk...

... the Commission to conduct risk research on another offender population. This time, the General Assembly directed the Commission to develop a sex offender risk assessment instrument, based on the risk of re-offense, which could be integrated into the state s sentencing guidelines system. Such a risk assessment...

... were members of the Native American Advisory Group to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which was chaired by the Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, U.S. District Court Judge, District of South Dakota. Federal prosecutions for all types of sex offenses have been increasing. This is a result of shifting...

..., burglars, drug dealers, or any other type of offender. But the perception of a close association between sex offenses and mental 70 F E D E R A L S E N T E N C I N G R E P O R T E R V O L . 2 1 , N O . 2 D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 8 illness suggests an alternative response: treatment. Thus, mandatory...

... exploitation of children.28 In its 1996 report, entitled Sex Offenses Against Children: Findings and Recommendation Regarding Federal Penalties ( Sex Offense Report the Commission expressed its concern over application of the enhancement related to use of a computer. The Commission noted that Internet child...

... of a sex offense that is the equivalent of (or more severe than) aggravated sexual abuse.6 This is a critical new provision. Under Wetterling (the old law) there was no requirement as to whether or not juvenile sex offenders had to register. That decision was left to the states. Some states included...

... not more than 10 years, or both. For Commerce Clause purposes, the disjunctive structure of subsection (2) is significant. Subsection (2)(A) primarily applies to persons who have committed federal sex offenses. Subsection (2)(B) primarily applies to persons who have committed state sex offenses and travel...

... Commission to amend the guidelines for child pornography offenses on a number of occasions. See Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102-141, section 632, October 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 876; Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995, Pub, L. 104-71...

... not become the identity of the person like sex offenses do. You never see a headline in the newspaper that describes a person as a drug offender or bank robber or thief. But you do see headlines like SEX OFFENDER QUESTIONED or SEX OFFENDER CHARGED. Why do the labels drug offender or even violent offender...

..., an argument could be made that voluntary treatment programs are indirectly coercive since refusal to attend treatment or denial of offenses on the part of the sex offender may affect parole decisions or result in negative consequences, such as denial of privileges, limits on visitation, reduction of good time...