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The number of sex victims who opt for restorative mediation with the suspect is increasing rapidly. Last year, the number of victims who wanted to talk to them doubled: from 120 to 231. And this year too, the Perspectief Recovery Mediation Foundation sees the demand increasing further. Image Caption: Previous studies have shown that restorative justice can reduce feelings of anger

In United States v. POROWICZ, the defendant challenged a condition of his supervised release that allowed probation to conduct “physiological tests” without specifying which ones they would be administering. He argued that there are no limits to what they would be allowed to subject him to. The Third Circuit concluded that the District Court plainly erred by imposing this condition

EUGENE, Ore. — United States Marshals and local law enforcement joined forces over the last few months to target hundreds of registered sex offenders in Lane County and make sure they were complying with sex offense laws and registration requirements. The U.S. Marshals Service said marshals from the District of Oregon teamed up with the Coburg Police Department, Lane County

Authorities in South Florida are now looking into a case of identity theft involving images of child pornography. Yvonne Aleman, a well-known South Florida businesswoman and offshore powerboat racer, told News4JAX that someone took control of her Facebook and posted images of child pornography. SOURCE

A study by Right on Crime suggests that Parole should return to Florida’s correctional system. Florida abolished parole in 1983 but has since seen it’s prison population explode without any improvement to public safety. Parole would enable inmates to seek release after 60% of their time has been completed. The study recommends violent crimes and “sexual offenses” be ineligible.

Under the bill, certain sex offenders deemed at risk of re-offending may be given the option to receive injections that reduce their testosterone levels, in return for shorter jail time, providing they have the approval of two doctors. The offenders would be monitored for 10 years and be required to wear electronic monitoring bracelets, according to the bill. If approved,

The analysis suggests that residence restrictions have little potential for preventing sex offenses against children. Most importantly, the data indicate that very few sex crimes against children have been by the offender’s residence near a school, daycare center, or park. -Joanne Savage, Casey Windsor,Sex offender residence restrictions and sex crimes against children: A comprehensive review, Aggression and Violent Behavior, Volume

The real aim of these operations might be to boost support for cops. Gary, a 62-year-old on Texas’s sex-offender registry, dates the problems with his neighbors to a visit by police in 2018. After a successful real estate career he lives in a relatively safe neighborhood outside Dallas, identifies as a conservative, and has friends on the police force. He’s

Financial incentives throughout the criminal justice system encourage punitive enforcement and sustain mass incarceration. Realigning them will require action from municipalities to the federal government. The perverse finan­cial incent­ives of direct federal fund­ing programs for incar­cer­a­tion are relat­ively easy to identify. So too are laws passed by Congress that encour­age more punit­ive policies. SOURCE

An incident that police say led to a gun being fired in a North Carolina Target store has raised questions about the group “Dads Against Predators,” its history and its presence in the state. Three men with ties to the organization lured a 25-year-old man to a Winston-Salem Target in late June and attacked him, according to police, leading the