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Does the Sex Offender Registry Do More Harm Than Good?

Open to Debate

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Do These People Have a Second Chance?

I'm not saying sexual recidivism never happens, but obsessing about it takes resources away from dealing with the vast majority of child sexual abuse and adult sexual abuse. People after they are convicted and served time for sex offense are at very low risk for re-offense. We're not talking about people who are just accidentally... I don't know what, accidentally raping somebody. These are horrible, horrible crimes by people who do this repeatedly. It is wasteful to try to create these registries that have no impact on preventing sexual abuse.

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