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Don has a PhD in educational psychology and taught college classes for more than thirty years. He was once a news director at a radio station. The media are often portrayed as key sources of information about current events, and indeed do inform much of the time. Many of us watch the newscasts and read newspapers to get some sense

Seeking to move away from labels that can work against a person’s rehabilitation, Colorado’s Sex Offender Management Board plans to vote Friday to replace the term “sex offender” in its own guiding principles. The board is considering several new terms, including clients, adults or individuals “who commit sexual offenses,” “who engage in sexually abusive behavior,” who are “in treatment for

The Reading Eagle, a newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania, recently published a seemingly positive editorial on how Reading is helping residents of correctional institutions transition to a successful life of freedom, thereby benefiting “us all”. “In these divisive times, there is one area where people of all political persuasions should agree: People exiting the criminal justice system need opportunities to succeed.” 

In the fall of 2019, The New York Times reported a record 45 million online photos and videos of CP, with the problem growing exponentially. Since the Times article came out, some police departments have spent money trying to update their technology departments in hopes of curbing the problem, but it has not been effective.  The problem is growing worse. 

A man in Dutchess County who’s been forced to register as a sex offender says the registry is unconstitutional and he’s suing to be removed from it. According to Inner City Press, Karl Pennington was arrested two decades ago for kidnapping a 17-year-old. Currently residing at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Pennington says he was forced to register as a sex offender because

Thousands of people have been convicted of sex crimes in New York state and those convicted of the most serious crimes appear on the public portion of the state’s Sex Offender Registry, which makes it easy for residents to look up the identities of sex offenders living in their neighborhoods. Frequently, the arrival of a sex offender causes disquiet among

Plans for new legislation to strengthen the management and monitoring of sex offenders in the Republic of Ireland have been announced. Electronic tagging and a ban on convicted offenders having certain jobs would be introduced under the plans. The bill was announced by the Republic of Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee TD on Wednesday. Ms McEntee said the legislation would

In some cases, prosecutors are only able to incarcerate someone for committing a heinous act through the testimony of witnesses.  But courts need to tread carefully through such convictions as there are too many known cases of false accusations sending an innocent person to prison. Several years ago, five female high school students falsely accused a male lifeguard of sexual

A couple of years ago we put up a post called “Halloween is behind us” which cited a 2008, Department of Justice research study that found Children are far more likely to be struck by a car on Halloween than be assaulted. As I do, in November of every year, I perform a quick post mortem on the holiday to

Two retired military registrants were denied access to military bases during the past seven days.  One of the registrants was denied access to a Marine base while the other was denied access to a Navy base.  The two registrants are retired from two different branches of the military — Air Force and Navy. Both attempted to access a military base