Law Professor's New Book Traces History Of Sex Offender Registration

9-23-2009 National:

A Florida State University College Of Law professor has published a new book on the history of sex offender registration.

FSU Press Release:

LAW PROFESSOR’S NEW BOOK TRACES HISTORY OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- As news of crimes allegedly committed by sex offenders continue to grab national headlines, a Florida State University College of Law professor has published a new book on the history of the registration of sex offenders.

Wayne A. Logan, the law school’s Gary & Sallyn Pajcic Professor, traces the evolution of criminal registration laws in the book, “Knowledge as Power: Criminal Registration and Community Notification Laws in America” (Stanford University Press, 2009). The book provides an in-depth analysis of criminal registration and community notification laws, exploring the forces driving their rapid nationwide proliferation in the 1990s through today.

“The book provides the first extended examination of registration and community notification laws, examining their content, history and effects, as well as their impact on American law, society and governance,” Logan said. “In the wake of the Jaycee Dugard victimization, allegedly by a registrant in California, and ongoing budget challenges, the book raises a variety of timely issues.”

Michael Tonry, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who reviewed the book, said it “will long stand as the authoritative account of a challenging chapter in American life.”

One of the nation’s preeminent legal scholars on registration and community notification laws, Logan teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, sentencing and torts. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a past chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the Association of American Law Schools.

Logan’s book is one of four recently published by the Florida State Law faculty. In addition to being productive scholars, Florida State Law faculty members are active speakers and experts for professional groups around the nation, testifying both before the Florida Legislature and the U.S. Congress. ..Source.. by WCTV.com