Quaker program reduces recidivism.
The U.K.-based child protection agency Lucy Faithfull Foundation and the social action wing of the U.K. Quakers officially launched the restorative justice program Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) for people who have committed sex offenses and do not have a support system when released from prison. The goal...

Post-conviction polygraph in the community and court: raising the bar on PCSOT examiners.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An estimated quarter million sex offenders are currently under community supervision. The population continues to grow, and some sex offenders re-offend--making community safety a great concern of our society. Methods of sex offender management and treatment continue to improve, and sex offenders often re-integrate into...

Peruse e-mails, records of online sex offenders.
SAN FRANCISCO -- When assessing defendants charged with online sex offenses, a forensic psychiatrist cannot rely entirely on a face-to-face interview, Dr. Clarence Watson said at the annual meeting of the American College of Forensic Psychiatry. "If there are e-mail records out there, you want to see...

The external evolution of criminal law.
INTRODUCTION I: THE EXTERNAL EVOLUTIONARY MODEL A. The Consensus-Conflict Debate B. The Sociology of Social Problems II: PUTTING THE MODEL TO WORK: THE STORY OF STATUTORY RAPE A. The First Century of Statutory Rape Enforcement 1. The Social Purity Movement 2. From Protecting Chastity to Punishing Promiscuity 3. Mid-Century...

Sweep nabs wanted people.
Byline: John Weeks CLINTON - A sweep conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement throughout central Massachusetts on Thursday led to five local arrests, all in Clinton. "It was part of Operation Falcon," said Clinton Detective Brian Coyne. "The priority of the mission was...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Man held on child sex charge SHREWSBURY - A 48-year-old man with a history of child sex offenses is being held on $20,000 cash bail after being charged with indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. Cesar...

School policies turn pranks into sex offenses.
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Overidentification of adolescents as sex offenders is a growing problem in a time of public clamor for get-tough policies on crime. Paul M. Isenstadt said at a symposium on addiction disorders sponsored by Psychotherapy Associates. "Right now, one of my main concerns is that...

Sex Offending (psychology).
Sex Offending (psychology) Jill D. Stinson, et al. American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 9780979212529, $69.95 www.apa.org/books 1-800-368-5777 The collaborative work of Jill D. Stinson (Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at Fulton State Hospital--a maximum-security forensic...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST ACLU advises against offender ban LEOMINSTER - Ronal Madnick, director of the Worcester County Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union, has urged the city not to bar convicted sex offenders from specific parts of the city. Last week, the City Council...

Court asked to commit ex-foster parent; Teens victims of sex offenses.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - Prosecutors are asking that a former foster parent convicted of having sexual relations with teenage boys in his care be committed to the treatment center at Bridgewater State Hospital as a sexually dangerous person. Ronald L. Hewitt, 62, of...