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A sex offender is a person who has been criminally charged and convicted of, or has pled guilty to, a Sex Crime . A crime requiring mandatory sex offender registration can be anywhere from downloading pornographic material of persons under the age of 18 off the Internet ( Child Pornography ) to Rape and even non sexual offenses such as Kidnapping , may require registration. The term sexual offender is a broad term, with Sexual Predator being used to describe a more severe physical or repeat sexual offense. Sexual offenders are also sometimes classified into levels, where the highest level offenders have the most aggravating crimes and thus, the most risk to the public and usually must register as a sex offender for their entire lives. Low level sexual offenders may serve only a probationary sentence and only register for 10 years as well as having less restrictions placed on them compared to higher level offenders. As a label of identity it is used in Criminal Psychology . Especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, the person, if convicted, is most likely required to register with the respective jurisdiction's Sex Offender Registry , a county- or statewide database that is often public and accessible to everyone through the internet. GEORGIA The on the bus stop portion of the law, so that is not being enforced. Litigation The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a class action lawsuit over some of HB-1059's residency and work restrictions, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Discussion of this litigation may be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hb1059litigation/ IOWA The State Of Iowa has passed some of the most stringent sex offender legislation in the United States. Under Iowa Code 692A, sex offenders are banned from living within 2,000 feet of schools and Day Care centers [http://www.omaha-neb.com/iowa.htm Iowa law also requires children and teens who have been adjudicated delinquent juveniles for sex crimes to register as sex offenders. Iowa Sex Offender Law Does Not Distinguish Sex Abuse from Consenting Sex Between Two Teens. It Imposes Lifetime Sentence For Both] RECIDIVISM RATES Sex offenders have a relatively low Recidivism rate in the first years after prison release. The results of studies seem to vary. On average, studies appear to indicate that sex offenders have between a 3 and 13% chance of committing a new sex offense. One source specifies the rate for new sex crimes is 13.7%, the rate for child molestation is 12.7%, the rate for child molestation within families is 8.4%, and the rate for rape 18.9%. , National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, January 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2006. Canadian studies have shown approximately a 13.4% rate of recidivism. Hanson, R.K. (1997). "Predictors of sex offence recidivism." Research Summary. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada. According to the 2007
A study covering the American state of 2007 The study does not extend beyond the scope of the State of Arizona and is not necessarily indicative of trends in other jurisdictions. Figures from a DOJ study on recidivism among sex offenders released in 1994, called the most comprehensive of its kind, can be found at the US Department of Justice's publication Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 . In 2007, the State Bureau of Investigation in , 2007 REFERENCES REGISTRIES The Sex Offender Registry is a system in place in a number of jurisdictions designed to allow government authorities to keep track of the residence and activities of felony sex offenders, including those who have completed their criminal sentences. In some jurisdictions (especially in the United States), information in the registry is made available to the general public via a website or other means. In many jurisdictions registered sex offenders are subject to additional restrictions, including housing. Those on parole or probation may be subject to restrictions that don't apply to other parolees or probationers.
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