Should All Types Of Sex Offenders Have To Be Registered?

Should All Types Of Sex Offenders Have To Be Registered?
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Should All Types Of Sex Offenders Have To Be Registered?
Sexual offending is a major and dangerous crime, especially when it impacts minors, and the reaction by government and law enforcement agencies often heightens the community's concern (Connor & Tewksbury, 2017). The strategies used by sex offenders can differ greatly, and the motives of sexual offending are complicated, making fighting sexual offending difficult. Internationally, many policies and initiatives have been tested to reduce sexual offending and discourage convicted sex offenders from committing another crime once they are discharged back into society. The establishment of public sex offender registries is one of these initiatives. Policies requiring registration and notification were based on the notion that sexual offenders have abnormally high levels of sexual recidivism and require extensive monitoring to mitigate that danger. As a result, sexual offenders' registration policies aim to minimize recidivism by preventing new recidivism events and shortening the time required to discover current recidivism. However, almost all new sex offender rules, and those implemented at the federal level, extend to a diverse range of offenders. Most of them are unable to exhibit significant levels of deviant sexual desire and psychopathy. This paper analyzes why not all types of sex offenders have to be registered by law enforcement agencies.
For the past 20 years, the public has had access to information about the name, appearance, and location of high-risk sex offenders in the United States. "The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, enacted in 1994, required convicted sex offenders freed into the society to enroll with law enforcement" (Klein & Cooper, 2019). Megan's Law was enacted as a provision of the Jacob Wetterling Act in 1996. Megan's Law mandates law enforcement authorities to handle registered sex offenders accessible to the public, allowing people to look for registered sex offenders in their area.
The percentage of registered sex offenders has risen steadily throughout the years. Each day, a man or woman is added to the list for sexual crimes and, in particular, children (Spoo et al., 2018). The primary goal of the sex offender registers is to make the citizens in each city and state aware and safe. In current society, sex offenders and sex crimes cause a tremendous level of concern. The sex offender registry exists primarily to protect the general public from becoming a casualty.
Public registers may also have various effects on different categories of offenders. Megan's Law was primarily intended to deter sexual attacks done by strangers (Connor & Tewksbury, 2017). The sexual offenders' registry believes that when community members become notified of a convicted sex offender in the neighborhood, they may best protect their children. However, studies reveal that the vast majority of minor sexual assaults are performed by somebody close to the child. In most cases, any prior sexual offending record is likely t...