Myths about Sex Offenders Continue to Influence Legislation
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The Pennsylvania Prison Society recently assembled a panel of criminal justice experts, victim-advocates, treatment providers, former offenders and family members. The panel’s goal is to protect the public, reduce the prison population, support victims, rehabilitate offenders, and safely reintegrate ex-offenders into society by encouraging policies that are evidence-based, practical, fiscally responsible, humane, and legally defensible. These include education and prevention programs, risk-based assessments, treatment programs, and halfway or permanent housing for registered sex offenders. Many of the panel’s findings are contrary to public opinion.
