Topic > Life sentences and sex offenders - 861

Human Rights Watch, a world-class independent organization, states on its website: "Human Rights Watch is committed to protecting the human rights of people around the world " (Human Rights Watch). In 2007 they published No Easy Answer, which deals with how sex offenders are affected by being registered as sex offenders. They say it is an injustice to “label” a person for life because of a bad decision made as a child. I couldn't agree more, but what the good people at Humans Rights Watch are forgetting is that those aren't the only people on the sex offender registry; there are those who have unspeakable crimes. Individuals like Dr. Earl Bradley, a pediatrician who sexually abused more than one hundred victims whose ages ranged from six months to thirteen years! (The Week Magazine). Ohio state law defines a sex offender as one of three: a person who has committed a sex crime, a habitual sex offender, or a sexual predator. All sex offenders are required by law to notify the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation or local sheriff's offices within three days of entering any county or changing their address. Sex offenders are required to provide their fingerprints, photos, DNA, vehicle information and criminal history. Some individuals are entitled to written notification about all sexual predators and habitual sex offenders. Such individuals are local law enforcement advocates, all residing within 1,000 feet of the offender's residence; the director of the public children's services agency; the superintendent of each school board of a school district; the director of each preschool program and the administrator of each daycare center. These rules, as severe as they may seem, were created... in the middle of paper..." Human Rights Watch | In defense of human rights around the world. Web. 26 November 2011. ."'The worst pedophile in 'America'? - The Week." The Week Magazine: Political News and Cartoons, Current Affairs and Entertainment Online. Web. November 27, 2011. .Hall, Gordon C. "Sexual Arousal as a Function of Physiological and Cognitive Variables in a Population of Authors sexual crimes. " Archives of Sexual Behavior 1991st ser. 20.4 (1991): 359-69. Web. November 27, 2011. Marshall, W. L. and H. E. Barbaree. "An outpatient treatment program for child molesters." Annals of the New Academy of Sciences York First Article 528.1 (2006): 203-14. Web. November 27, 2011. “Sex Offender Registration in the State of Ohio and Community Notification".. 2011. .