Assignment task:
Consider the authors' positions regarding sex offender registration and community notification law and civil commitment laws in Chapter 8.
In what ways do you agree with the author's positions? In what ways do you disagree with the author's positions?
Conduct online research of your state's sex offender registration and community notification laws and civil commitment laws. Describe your state's laws with cites to the pertinent laws. In what areas do you believe these laws are effective? In what areas can they be improved?
As displayed on page 167 of Reddington and Bonham text, Congress has conditioned funding to the states by requiring that each state pass sex offender registries. The authors discuss the challenges in creating such centralized registries. Discuss your views on the practice of federal conditioning funding to the states on the passage of federally mandated laws. Explain your areas of agreement or disagreement with this practice.