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Abstract: 

Reviews six important journal articles on sex offender law, treatment, and punishment: How Do Sex Offenders Think the Police Should Interview to Elicit Confessions From Sex Offenders?by Alison M. Kebbell, Emily Hurren, and Paul Mazerolle, 16 Psychol., Crime, & L. (2010); Huntington, New York's Sex Offender Policy and the Intrastate Right to Travel by James Tierney, 26 Touro L. Rev. 145 (2010); The Adam Walsh Act and the Failed Promise of Administrative Federalism by Wayne A. Logan, 78 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. (2010); Evaluating Awareness of Registered Sex Offenders in the Neighborhood by Sarah W. Craun, 56(3) Crime & Delinq. (2010); Sex Offender Residence Restriction Laws: Parental Perceptions and Public Policy by Christina Mancini, Ryan T. Shields, Daniel P. Mears, and Kevin M. Beaver, 38 J. Crim. Just. (2010); A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Assessment of Sexual Offender Risk and Need in a Treatment Context by Mark E. Olver and Stephen C.P. Wong, 38(2) Crim. Just. & Behav. (2011).

Keywords: Police interrogations; right to travel; Adam Walsh Act; federalization of crime; residence restrictions; static, dynamic risk assessment

Affiliations:  1: University of California, Merced.