Does the Sex Offender Registry Do More Harm Than Good?
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Sexual Offences
The term sex offender is so visceral and harmful that if you put people on a list and you say sex offender, it's not surprising they're subject to vigilantes mocking them. There's no evidence that somebody who sexually offends is that much of a different breed of human than any of the rest of us there just like us. It's an extremely vulnerable, horrific position to be in. And punishment and accountability is effective for all offenses sexual and otherwise.
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