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Proximity to schools is not a factor

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SEXUAL OFFENDERS Proximity to schools is not a factor

SOSEN – JTC “Bridge Of Tyranny”

Re Fred Grimm’s March 5 column, Lobbyist pushed laws that push outcasts into homelessness: As an associate professor at Lynn University in Boca Raton, my primary area of research is sex-crime-policy analysis. Recent research in Florida confirmed that a sex offender’s proximity to schools and day care centers was unrelated to sexual recidivism.

Sex offenders who lived in close proximity to such facilities were not more likely to reoffend than those who lived farther away. Researchers from Minnesota also have reported that not one of 224 recidivistic sex offenses would have been prevented by a residential-restriction law.  Sex offenders do not molest children because they live near schools. They abuse when they are able to establish relationships with children and their families and misuse positions of familiarity, trust and authority. According to the Justice Department, 93 percent of sexually abused children are molested by family members, close friends or acquaintances. Children are most likely to be assaulted by people they know, not strangers lurking in schoolyards. Thus, residence restrictions do little to prevent the most common situations in which children are likely to be harmed.

An Empirical Study: The Adam Walsh Act and its effects on America

What is the AWA and how does it affect you? 

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006.

The AWA requires states to adopt a three tier system based on the offence committed.  SORNA is also part of the AWA. SORNA is a national sex offender registry. Under the AWA failure to register and update information is a felony. 

Adam Walsh was murdered in 1981. A serial killer, Ottis Toolie claimed responsibility for Adams death while confessing to 100