Recent Studies and Literature Indicate That Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Is an Inappropriate, Harmful, and Ineffective Method of Preventing Crime
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Throughout history and in present times, our country has continually treated juveniles differently than adults in various aspects of society. Children are required to attend school, forbidden to work without permission before the age of sixteen, unable to vote, and prohibited from drinking alcohol. Caitlin Young, Student Author, Children Sex Offenders: How the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Hurts the Same Children It Is Trying to Protect, 34 New Eng. J. on Crim. & Civ. Confinement 459, 460 (2008). Our country’s criminal justice system in particular has long recognized the need to treat juveniles differently from adults. Britney M. Bowater, Student Author, Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 1996: Is There a Better Way to Tailor the Sentences of Juvenile Sex Offenders?, 57 Cath. U. L. Rev. 817 (2008). With a steadfast focus on rehabilitation and confidentiality, the justice system has sought to preserve the premise that juvenile offenders are not miniature adults.
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