Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2008

Publication Title

New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement

Publication Title (Abbreviation)

New Eng. J. on Crim. & Civ. Confinement

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

3

Last Page

16

Abstract

Based on a keynote address delivered in conjunction with the Journal's annual symposium, this paper examines several of the major legal and policy issues associated with sex offender registration and community notification laws. Particular attention is dedicated to the Adam Walsh Act, a federal law enacted in July 2006 that continues efforts by Congress to foster changes in state registration and notification regimes as a result of its Spending Clause authority. In addition to discussing the federalism implications of the AWA, the paper examines several of its most significant provisions, including those calling for empirical assessment of registration and community notification, twelve years after Congress first pressured states nationwide to adopt laws in accord with its will.

Rights

© 2008 New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement

Comments

First published in New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement.

Faculty Biography

http://law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/wlogan

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