Number	12033
Subject	Crime
Source	Governing
State	DC
Year	1995
Publication Date	August 1995
Summary	Governing Magazine reports that "Sex offenders are more likely than ever to be punished for their crimes. But that means policy makers face though decisions about how to deal with them in crowded prisons-and after their release....While the phenomenon of a prison system with so many sex offenders is new, the philosophical debates behind the decisions hat are putting them there are centuries old. Balancing the rights of the community and the rights of the individual is an ancient task...."
Category	General
Pages	4
Keywords	criminal justice system taboos Department of Corrections Willie Horton sexual predator laws Public Health Department Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative SSOSA policy psychotherapy treatment rehabilitation
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