The media’s sloppy obsession with the word “pedophilia”
By SANDY ROZEK . . . Which of these would you favor as a husband for your beloved daughter? ‘The slick fella, too handsome for his own good, whose shifty
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Author: Robin Vander Wall
Registries are “a bad tool” says Vander Wall in interview
By Mike Mason . . . ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – When Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, it required states to enact a sex offender
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Opinion editorial questions State Fair restrictions against SOs
By Sara Pequeno . . . In the face of a tragedy, it’s difficult to parse out the best course of action. Egregious acts of terror or deviance lead people to
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Snapchatting teenager faces up to 70 years for sexting
By Emily Horowitz . . . Let’s say you’re a 17-year-old boy asking two 16-year-old girls to sext you on Snapchat—well, that’s pretty normal these days, right? Let’s agree that
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Cumberland county sheriff not serving or protecting registered people
Also posted on the Fort Bragg Patch and the Fayetteville Observer By Sandy . . . In Fayetteville, North Carolina, what could and should have been a warm, human-interest story was
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Board of Historic Morganton Festival stands by courageous decision . . . for now
By Sandy . . . In this age of “Everything is relative,” there are very few, if any, universal truths, very few ideas about which everyone, or at least almost
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North Carolina’s sex offense registry prevents meaningful reentry
Republished in full with permission from NC Health News By Elizabeth Thompson . . . Chris Budnick is in an impossible position. As the leader of Healing Transitions, a peer-based recovery-oriented service
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