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unusual facts about sex offenders



HM Prison Risley

In September 2003, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised Risley Prison for its policy of mixing sex offenders with other inmates.


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Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Establishes a national database which will incorporate the use of DNA evidence collection and DNA registry and tracking of convicted sex offenders with Global Positioning System technology.

Brian Keith Jones

On August 8, 2005 the Victorian government represented by Peter Faris, QC, applied to the County Court of Victoria for a 15-year supervision order under the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act, enabling Jones to be supervised once his parole term expired.

Dennis Ferguson

In September 2009, in response to public anger at Ferguson living in the Ryde area in the Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, the Government of New South Wales under Premier Nathan Rees and the Housing Minister David Borger moved to introduce legislation to allow the government to evict child sex offenders from public housing.

Helen FitzGerald

She started writing while working as a criminal justice social worker, latterly with serious sex offenders in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison.

Joel Weingarten

The bill expanded the availability of information about sex offenders beyond the community notification requirements included in the 1994 Megan's Law.

Katherine Ramsland

She has written on the subjects of serial killers, CSI, vampires, forensic science, mass murder, sex offenders and ghosts, and is a regular contributor to Crime Library.

Lisa Friel

In 2007, Friel and the other bureau chiefs of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Units in the New York City District Attorney's office were honoured by the Crime Victims Treatment Center of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals for their work in prosecuting sex offenders.

Melchior Wathelet

As Justice Minister he had, according to David Canter, "encouraged the early release of many sex offenders" which included the later murder-convicted Marc Dutroux.

Mina Hadjian

In March 2007, she interviewed designer and artist Marianne Aulie live, and during the broadcast Aulie named two high-profile celebrities as alleged sex-offenders.

Shaun Wright

In November 2013, he announced that the police would offer lie detector tests to sex offenders who are on bail or on probation to determine their risk to the public, though the data would not be made available to courts.