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8/16/2020

Most States Require Some Youth To Be on Sex Offender Registries

The Imprint staff reports

By The Imprint staff reports Forty-two states permit some youth to be included on their sex-offender registry, even though research shows that only small fractions of juvenile sex offenders recidivate as adults, according to the Juvenile Law Center.

6/22/2015

Hastert and Duggars, Two Very Different Cases of Sexual Misconduct

Opinion

Guest Writer

By Frank Vandervort The attention focused on reality star Josh Duggars’ teenage sexual misconduct and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s apparent violation of a former student provides an opportunity to dispel myths about youth who display illegal sexual behavior and to distinguish this from similar behavior by adults.

1/23/2013

The Predatory Justice of Juvenile Sex-Offender Laws

Opinion

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by Michael Zoorob When lawmakers crafted laws to combat sexual violence, they probably never expected that children as young as 10 would end up on public sex offender registries. Law enforcement probably never expected that they would have to notify neighbors that a 13-year-old sex offender lived nearby.

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