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Megan's Law

" (Christian) Studies have shown "reliably that for 'serious' sexual offenders released from prison, 5% are reconvicted in the first four years after release." (Sex) If this were averaged, it would mean a "5 year reconviction rate of be about 6%." (Sex) This would mean if we applied the same principal that on average sex offenders re-offend after release "about 9-10% after 21 years." (Sex) That would average to a "reconviction rate for sex offenders released from prison May therefore be about 12%." (Sex).
              The total two year reconviction rate for sex offenders is about 17%. .
              However sex offenders are much more likely to be reconvicted of non-sex offences than sex offences. .
              The two year reconviction rate of sex offenders for sex offences is between 2% and 3%. .
              So between 1 in 30 and 1 in 50 sex offenders released from prison are convicted of a further sex offence within two years of release. .
              Of those who had been convicted of a sex offence against a child not a part of the offenders family, after 4 years 3 out 33 - 9.1% - had been reconvicted of a further sexual offence, and after 6 years 5 of a sample of 19 - 26.3% - had been reconvicted of a further sexual offence. (sex).
             The victims of sex offenders are among the youngest of crime victims. It is reported that sexual assault offenders more likely then those serving time for rape to have had a male victim but both categories sex offenders site that the vast majority of their victims were female. The majority of convicted sex offenders have said their victim were less than 18 years old. Offenders who had victimized a child were on average 5 years older than the violent offenders who had committed their crimes against adults. Nearly 25% of child victimizers were age 40 or older, but about 10% of the inmates with adult victims fell in that age range. (U.S.) It used to be thought that sex offenders concentrated on special types of victims, for example 10-12 year old boys.


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1. Megan's Law

The Federal Law H.R 2137, commonly known as Megan's Law, was put into action in 1996 after the rape and murder of seven year old Megan Kanka. ... In order for Megan's Law to truly be effective, the original statutes outlined in the New Jersey version of Megan's law, must be implemented in the Federal Version. ... Johnson, are all public advocates and supporters for Megan's Law. ... Megan's Law has the power to change lives. ... Megan's Law will help to do this. ...

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2. Megans Law

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3. Megan

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One large scale example that brought about a new law is the story of Megan Meier. Megan committed suicide after being cyber-bullied through the networking site, Myspace. ... A case like Megan's has brought attention to the public about cyberbullying (Alcorn, 2008). Megan Meier's mother, Tina Meier has become a huge advocate for laws and regulations on internet harassment and issues that deal with cyberbullying. ... Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan's friends and neighbor had logged onto the site as 16-year-old Josh Evans and started the harassment of Megan (Alcorn, 2008). ...

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5. Making Sex Offenders Known to the Public

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6. Child Abuse

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7. Compare And Contrast

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8. Sex Offender Registry

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