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Pennsylvania sex offender residency restrictions don’t work

Filed under: Criminal Law, Sex Crimes Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ November 25, 2011

Everyone agrees with the goal of protecting children from Pennsylvania sex offenders, but enacting laws imposing residency restrictions on convicted sex offenders is not the way to go about it.  The restrictions have proven to be ineffective, ambiguous, and a waste of resources. Here’s why: Convicted sex offenders are often forced to move to rural […]

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