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...

The positive effects of legalizing polygamy: "love is a many splendored thing".
INTRODUCTION Long thought to be a hidden, rare, and cultish phenomenon, polygyny is in fact practiced by an estimated 30,000 to 100,000 people in North America. (1) It has recently been the focus of an FBI "Most Wanted" national manhunt, a raid in a small Texas town,...

False rape allegations: an assault on justice.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2007, there were 255,630 incidents of rape and sexual assault in the United States (BJS, 2008a). Of those, 90,427 were forcible rapes (FBI, 2008c). This represents one forcible rape occurring somewhere in the United States every 5.8 minutes (FBI, 2008a). Persons in the age...

Heed judges on jail crisis.
Byline: The Register-Guard When all 15 Lane County Circuit Court judges take the extraordinary step of issuing a joint plea for more funding for the county's dangerously dysfunctional jail system, it's time for commissioners to do more than pay polite attention. It's time to do something about...

Lancaster Police Log.
Wednesday, Nov. 26 1:13 a.m.: Mill Street Extension, animal complaint, dog slipped out of his collar again. 9:40 a.m.: Moffett Street and Fitch Road, property damage accident. 6:03 p.m.: Seven Bridge Road, property damage accident. Thursday, Nov. 27 1:50...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Sorry to lose CBS As a longtime Dish Network customer living in rural Lane County with no television reception available by antenna, I was very disappointed to find that Dish Network's agreement with KVAL to broadcast our local CBS station expired on...

The geriatric sex offender: senile or pedophile?
I. INTRODUCTION Rape, child molestation, and other sexual offenses are undoubtedly among the most egregious crimes that plague our society. In recent years, there has been a significant amount of discussion and research focusing on the motivations and psychological disorders that lead sex offenders to commit their...

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...

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...