If legislation passes, the register would be the first public one in Australia, but evidence shows they do little do protect people.
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What research shows does and doesn’t work to prevent people convicted of sexual offences from reoffending.
It may seem that having a public register which shows the whereabouts of dangerous people would keep the community safe. But evidence shows public sex offender registers do more harm than good.
Beginning in the 1990s, all 50 US states and Washington, DC created public sex offender registries. Do they do more to help or hurt?
Western Australia was the first state in the nation to allow public access to a sex offender register online. The public needs to understand how it works to avoid a false sense of security.
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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct professor, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Associate Professor Psychology & Associate Head of Sexual Offences Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Forensic Psychology & Director of the Centre of Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE), Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University