SOLawResearch.org - Awesome Resource and Compelling Writing by Marhsall Burns, Ph.D.

No sure how I missed this website before but do check out SOLawResearch.org.  Of special interest to me is Dr. Burns' report Riding the Registry: My Tour of Broken Lives 

Sex offender. The words strike fear in the heart and soul like no others. But who is it that wears this label? I wanted to know. So I set out to drive around the United States to meet people on the registry and hear their stories. My purpose was to gain an understanding of what it means to be a registered person in 21st-Century America. In this report, I share some of what I saw and learned on the trip.

Contents in the report include:

•  Introduction      •  The Interviews           •  People on the Registry and Family Members           •  Hearing from the Victims           •  No Longer Impartial           •  Confidentiality      •  Observations           •  Communities           •  Child Sex Criminals                •  What is wrong with this picture?           •  Branding           •  Homelessness and Prosperity           •  Activism                •  New Mexico                •  Texas                •  National Conference in DC                •  Michigan           •  An Advocate for Harsher Laws      •  Some Notes on the Trip           •  A Tale of Two States           •  This Beautiful Country           •  The Challenge of Routing           •  Statistics      •  Conclusion           •  Summary           •  Personal Reflections           •  So, What Now?           •  Thanks and Apologies