Perspective
Apr. 13, 2010
We Don't Need More Sex Offender Laws
The current sex offender residence restriction laws, policies and ordinances should be recognized as a well-intentioned failure, and in the interest of making California communities safer from sexual predators, be repealed, writes Jeffrey A. Lowe, MBA, Esq., who practices criminal and family law in Beverly Hills.
The recent tragedy involving Chelsea King will bring about the usual call for strict new laws involving the registration and housing of registered sex offenders. However, empirical evidence proves that restricted residence requirements for registered sex offenders simply do not work, and, are at best, a waste of resources with no benefit derived by our society.
Historically, the public policy of requiring sex offenders to liv...
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