The NSOPW works like a search engine by pulling information that is placed by states and local jurisdictions on their own public websites; it does not independently verify that information. Child sexual abuse is a complicated form of harm. Offender registration laws can have especially harmful impacts on the children of registrants.
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Robert Prentky, professor and director of graduate training in forensic psychology at Farleigh Dickinson University; Dr. Only a relatively small proportion of adolescents who experiment in risky or illegal activities develop entrenched patterns of problem behavior that persist into adulthood.
Families of youth offenders also confront enormous obstacles in living together as a family—often because registrants are prohibited from living with other children.
GAOR Supp. Public housing authorities can also evict the family of a child on the sex offender registry. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
To date, no study has examined failure to register from the perspective of individuals placed on the registry for offenses committed as children. But he still sits in jail. Marc Chaffin.