Griffin & Blacker on Sex Offender Community Notification Schemes

Lissa Griffin (Pace University School of Law, pictured) and Kate Blacker have posted Megan’s Law and Sarah’s Law: A Comparative Study of Sex Offender Community Notification Schemes in the United States and the United Kingdom (Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 46, p. 987, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

This article analyzes the history of sex offender registration and community notification under Megan’s Law in the United States. It examines the United Kingdom’s approach to sex offender registration and community notification via Sarah’s Law. It also explores the distinctly different approaches to community notification in the United States and the United Kingdom.