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sex offender

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sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. In mosst states convicted sex offenders are supposed to report to local police authorities, but many do not. (See: rape, molestation, sexual harassment, pornography)


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CRITICS Or SEX offender registries often point out that such public databases unfairly target people convicted of a specific kind of crime.
George Runner, R-Lancaster, who is pushing a November ballot measure that would mandate GPS tracking for life every sex offender leaving prison.
This chapter also gives the reader an orientation to legal terms, definitions, and official sex offender classifications thus making the book accessible to lay persons as well as legal scholars and academics.
 
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