Sex Offender Registration History

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss and outline the history and progression of sex offender registry list including the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. I will also discuss how the Adam Walsh Act has impacted the State of Ohio. Body Since the early 1990s, sex offenders have had to register themselves on the national sex offender registry list so that it would be easier for states to track them. The first of these laws was put into effect in 1994 and new laws have been helping the system evolve into the programs and registry lists we have today. Every time Congress passed a new law to help with the racking of sex offenders, many states also change the way they operate and pass their own laws so that they…show more content…
This was passes as a part of the Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994 and established guidelines for states to track sex offenders, (Office of Justice Programs). The act required states to track sec offenders by confirming their place of residence annually for ten years after their release into the community or quarterly for the rest of their lives if the sex offender had been convicted of a violent sex offense, (Office of Justice Programs). The next major piece of legislation came in 1996 with Megan’s Law. Almost every state had passed a Megan’s Law prior to the federal government doing so in 1996. Megan’s Law provides the public with the ability to access information from sex offender registries. Megan’s Law also requires state and local law enforcement agencies to release relevant information necessary to protect the public about persons registered under a state registration program established under the Jacob Wetterling Act, (Office of Justice…show more content…
Ohio passed Senate Bill 10 and Senate Bill 97 in 2009 in an effort to comply with federal legislation, (Office of the Ohio Public Defender). Senate Bills 10 ad 97 organized sex offender classifications into 3 tiers. Classification now is solely based on the offense of conviction; a person’s likelihood to reoffend will no longer be considered, (Office of the Ohio Public Defender). A tier one offender has to register for 15 years for adults and 10 years for juveniles and verify their address annually, (Office of Justice Programs). Tier two offenders have to register for 25 years for adults and 20 years of juveniles and verify their address every 180 days, (Office of Justice Programs). Tier three offenders have to register for the rest of their lives whether they are adult or juvenile and verify their address every 90 days, (Office of Justice

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