12-6-2008 National:THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION OF THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT AS IT APPLIES TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS
WHEREAS, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requires that juvenile sex offenders age 14 years and older be included on both state and national public sex offender registries;
WHEREAS, under SORNA, sex offender registries may publish the addresses of a juvenile offender’s home, school or work, a photograph and description of the juvenile, and license plate number;
WHEREAS, these provisions of SORNA contradicts the rehabilitative intent and confidentiality that has been inherent in the juvenile justice system;
WHEREAS, SORNA ignores important developmental differences between juveniles and adults, namely that juvenile sex offenders are at a much lower risk to reoffend than adult sex offenders;
WHEREAS, SORNA further ignores evidence that a youth’s brain is still developing until their early twenties, meaning juveniles are not fixed in their sexual offending behavior and may respond well to treatment;
WHEREAS, juveniles have fewer numbers of victims than adult offenders, and on average, engage in less serious and less aggressive behaviors;
WHEREAS, juvenile sex offenders do not pose the same public safety threat as adult sex offenders;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that The Council of State Governments strongly opposes SORNA’s application to juvenile sex offenders and urges Congress to revise the law to more accurately address the needs of juvenile offenders.
Adopted this 6th day of December, 2008 at the CSG 75th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
..Source.. by The Council of State Governments
1 comment:
This is a very positive step to hopefully correct a great tragedy in our country. However, it only addresses registration and does not address the tragedy of prosecuting and convicting underage consensual sex and sexual activity.
Readers please spread the word that under the law in all states “any” underage sex or sexual activity between underage kids, even if it is consensual is a felony!!
DAs have become relentless in prosecuting underage consensual sexual activity cases under the very statutory laws put in place to protect kids. They seem to care less that this is ruining otherwise innocent kids and families across our nation. And courts are sending kids and teens to jail, requiring kids as young as 14 to register as a sex offenders for life, and forcing them into barbaric sex offender treatment programs (see comments below).
Our schools are not teaching this and most parents do not even understand this tragedy, but there are tens of thousands of heart-breaking stories involving kids across our nation who are now faced with a life of complete ruin as a registered sex offender for consensual sexual activity.
In sex offender treatment programs, boys as young as 12 are being forced to listen to videos and audio recordings of violent rape and other deviant sex acts while they wear a metal ring around their genitals to see if they get aroused (search Plethysmographs ). They are forced to repeatedly masturbate while watching and listening to violent rape and other deviant sexual recordings (search Masturbatory Satiation). And it gets worse (search arousal reconditioning, cognitive restructuring, juvenile sex offender treatment).
Again, please spread the word before an entire generation of boys ends up in sex offender treatment programs and on the sex offender registry for life.
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