Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws

Despite being in existence for over a quarter century costing multiple millions of dollars and affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws have yet to be subject to a book-length treatment of their empirical dimensions - their premises coverage and impact on public safety. This volume edited by Wayne Logan and J.J. Prescott assembles the leading researchers in the field to provide an in-depth look at what have come to be known as ''Megan''s Laws'' offering a social science-based analysis of one of the most important and controversial criminal justice system initiatives undertaken in modern times.