[USA] Most offenders spend lifetime on sex registry: Wide range of sentences and treatment / Daily Journal Online, 15 January 2008
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PAULA BARR and TERESA RESSEL
"Convicted child sex offenders can expect a wide range of sentences in prison along with treatment in a program that makes them accountable and helps them change their behaviours. Regardless of the severity of their crime, most released sex offenders can plan to spend a lifetime on the state’s sex registry. The controversial practice of publishing registered sex offenders’ names, addresses, photos and information about their crime has been upheld in the US Supreme Court. However, research raises questions about the registry’s effectiveness in keeping children safe."