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- Title
Deconstructing a Puzzling Relationship: Sex Offender Legislation, the Crimes that Inspired It, and Sustained Moral Panic.
- Authors
Calleja, Nancy G.
- Abstract
Sex offender legislation has expanded significantly over the last two decades with progressively harsher sanctions and with the inclusion of juvenile offenders. However, several of the crimes upon which the legislation was established are only loosely related to the resulting laws, and none of the crimes were perpetrated by juveniles--making it even more difficult to understand the intent and scope of the legislation today. This article re-examines the history of sex offender legislation since the 1990's and the crimes that served as catalysts for the legislation. Moral panic and its potential role in current sex offender legislation is briefly explored while an argument is made for the exclusion of juvenile offenders in sex offender legislation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LEGAL status of sex offenders; LEGAL status of juvenile offenders; SEX crime laws; CRIMINAL law; CRIMINAL justice system
- Publication
Justice Policy Journal, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1530-3012
- Publication type
Article