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Residence Restrictions for Released Sex Offenders (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 4, 2008
Report Number RL34353
Report Type Report
Authors Garrine P. Laney, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report analyzes the issue of residence restriction laws for released sex offenders by briefly examining provisions of the Adam Walsh Act; identifying and comparing residence restriction laws in a number of states; discussing the impact of residence restriction laws on sex offenders, law enforcement and the public; presenting arguments in support of and against residence restriction laws; and reviewing some alternative proposals for monitoring released sex offenders..