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Use the table below to find Q&A questions and related SOLR reports about the following topics:

     • Culture
     • Law
     • Punishment
  
     • Supplemental pages

TopicQuestions and Reports
Basic information on sex offender registries
 • See Q&A # 1 and Introduction to the Sex Offender Registries.
Culture
Ordinary people surprised to find themselves labeled as sex offenders
 • See Q&A # 3 and Look Who’s a Sex Offender Now!
Culture of fear
 • See Q&A # 42.
Diverting attention from real dangers to children
 • See Q&A # 41 and How Children are Harmed.
Juvenile sex offenders
 • See Q&A # 11 and Criminalizing Child’s Play.
 • Re differences in punishing children for sexual versus nonsexual offenses, see Q&A # 15.
 • Re age of youngest "offenders," see Q&A # 13 and Q&A # 12.
 • Re use of aversive therapies on children, see Q&A # 14.
 • Re civil commitment for an offense committed as a juvenile, see Q&A # 16.
Characteristics of people who hurt or have sexual contact with children
 • Re relationship of abusers to the children abused, see Q&A # 9 and Family and Strangers.
 • Re violence of people attracted to children, see Q&A # 7.
 • Re medical definition of pedophilia, see Q&A # 8.
Repeat offense rates of sex offenders
 • See Q&A # 10.
Political pressure to support sex offender laws
 • See Q&A # 46.
Destructive effect on society of demonizing its individuals
 • See Q&A # 44.
Does anyone stand up for sex offenders?
 • See Q&A # 45 and A Congressman Stands Alone against the Walsh Act.
Changes that have been proposed
 • See Q&A # 47.
Law
National age of sexual consent in the US
 • See Q&A # 40 and The US Federal Age of Sexual Consent.
Mandatory reporting laws for hurting or sexual contact with a child
 • See Q&A # 23 and Q&A # 43.
Prosecution of innocent people
 • Re lumping together of the innocent and the guilty, see Q&A # 19.
 • Re false accusations, see Q&A # 21, Q&A # 22 and False Accusations of Sex with Juveniles.
 • Re recovered memories, see Q&A # 24.
Prosecuting for violence when there was no violence
 • See Q&A # 36.
Erosion of civil rights in the justice system
 • See Q&A # 20.
 • Re elimination of statutes of limitations, see Q&A # 39.
 • Re ex post facto law, see Q&A # 38.
 • Re response of human rights advocates, see Q&A # 45.
Punishment
How many registered sex offenders there are
 • See Q&A # 2 and Counting and Over-Counting Sex Offenders.
Harsh treatment for minor infractions
 • See Q&A # 5 and Q&A # 6.
Extraordinarily harsh punishments, even for nonviolent sex offences
 • Re length of sentences, see Q&A # 17 and Throwing Away the Key.
 • Re lifetime internment (indefinite civil commitment) of sex offenders, see Q&A # 32, Q&A # 36, and Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders.
 • Re number of people in civil commitment, the number that get released, and treatment provided, see Q&A # 33, Q&A # 35, and Q&A # 34.
 • Re civil commitment for offenses committed as a juvenile, see Q&A # 16.
 • Re death penalty for nonviolent sex offenses, see Q&A # 18.
Curtailment of civil liberties of sex offenders
 • Re residency restrictions and discrimination, see Q&A # 27.
 • Re employment restrictions and discrimination, see Q&A # 26.
 • Re presence restrictions (where they are allowed to be), see Q&A # 28.
 • Re travel restrictions, see Q&A # 29.
 • Re remote monitoring, see Q&A # 30 and Q&A # 31.
 • Re response of human rights advocates, see Q&A # 45.
Suicides and murders of sex offenders
 • See Q&A # 25.
Supplemental pages
 
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