Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2018
Department/School
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Publication Title
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy
Abstract
Convicted sex offenders who are either paroled from correctional facilities or successfully released from required treatment at a psychiatric facility are subject to several forms of community supervision as they attempt to reintegrate into society. State and federal legislation has created various forms of postrelease surveillance that formerly convicted sex offenders are subjected to, such as sex offender registries, community notification systems, residency restrictions, community exclusion zones, and even Global Positioning System monitoring. While local and state-level criminal registration laws date back to the 1930s, the role of federal legislation in sex offender registration can be traced to the 1994.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, B. G., & Fraysier, E. (2018). Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. In B. A. Arrigo & J. G. Golson (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of surveillance, security, and privacy (Vol. 3, p. 9). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483359922.n9
Comments
B. G. Sellers is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology.
*E. Fraysier is an EMU student.