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Which Makes Us Safer? Residency Restrictions or Enhanced Rehabilitation for Former Sexual Offenders?

Loaded on Jan. 21, 2020 by Sandy Rozek published in Criminal Legal News February, 2020, page 26
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence, Sex Offender Treatment. Location: United States of America.

by Sandy Rozek, NARSOL

Twenty years ago, at age 23, William committed a serious sexual crime for which he spent three years in prison and participated in an intensive treatment program – four hours a day, five days a week. He confronted the demons of his own childhood …

 

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