Study looking for research participants
Title: Contextualizing the experiences of sexual offenders
Eligibility: You are a registered sexual offender in any state and are at least 18 years of age.
Description: This study looks at the long term and short-term impacts of plea deals for sexual offenders. Plea deals can be coercive in nature, innocent individuals sometimes plead guilty, and people who accept plea deals are not always aware of the negative consequences for their life. This study seeks to understand the factors that make a person more or less inclined to accept plea deals. This study also examines the negative consequences faced by a sexual offender after being placed on the registry.
What is Involved: As a participant in this study, you will be interviewed via telephone. The interview will last approximately 45 – 90 minutes. Also, you will complete a very short survey that should take only 5 minutes. Nowhere in the interview or on the survey will you be asked to provide your name or any other identifying information. The interview and survey are strictly confidential! When the research is published, an alias will be used instead of your real identity!
Instructions: This study is completely CONFIDENTIAL!!! Please note that the researcher for this project is an Associate Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at Montclair State University and has previously authored or co-authored 3 books on the negative impacts of sexual offending legislation on sex offenders and their families.
If you are interested in participating in an interview, please call
Dr. Lisa Anne Zilney at 732-221-2241 (EST) or email at zilneyl@montclair.edu
only for Rps?
As a former military policemen, war veteran, former victim of sexual abuse, family member of a rape/murder victim, and a convicted sex offender on parole, I have a lot of motivations to share my experiences and opinions; and want to be an activist for effectivr reforms that protect society as well as offenders. Please contact me.
Study, pulling the rug out
In a recent Op-Ed piece in The Epoch Times, Conrad Black, one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world, stated:
“The plea bargain, as it has evolved, is chiefly responsible for the fact that the United States has 6 to 12 times as many incarcerated people per capita as other comparable prosperous democracies: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom…the plea bargain is the worst perversion of the system of justice envisioned by the authors of the Bill of Rights…”
There are many others stating similar ideas: plea deal concept being hijacked, jury system dying, increased prosecutorial misconduct, and election of judges leading to mob rule.
Women Against Registry tweeted information of a film dealing with the plea deal:
https://secure.everyaction.com/9xs2m8fBO0md_jt8M4PC7A2?fbclid=IwAR3jRWwKFkpMX4KfuA2zsYuZV0rtQrk-YJYl68G0Rh6svTQ9d3WPj5-ezWY
Conrad Black had a registrant for a cellmate. In his memoir, he expressed surprise at how the US treats them.
Interesting