NCJ Number
222473
Date Published
2008
Length
1683 pages
Annotation
This loose-leaf volume provides a detailed description and analysis of sex offender and community notification laws; it is intended as a comprehensive reference that provides both primary and secondary information and materials.
Abstract
This revised Second Edition is a complete updating and reorganization of the First Edition (NCJ 176074). This edition is organized into three parts. Part I offers commentary on the evolution of “Megan’s Laws”. It reviews registration and communication statutes and procedures and reviews various legal challenges to the laws and procedures. Part II provides an annotated listing of key Federal and State cases relating to the topic. Part III presents Federal and State statutes and outlines Federal and State laws, selected legislative histories and official guidelines, and resource materials. Tables, forms, checklists, annotated bibliographies and resource lists, table of cases, table of statutes, table of practice aids, and author and subject indexes