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05-07-2007, 07:01 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer
N.J. study scrutinizes Megan's Law effect
The declining trend of sex attacks against children began several years before the measure started in 1994. Researchers are weighing the expense.
By Sam Wood, Inquirer Staff Writer
New Jersey's pioneering Megan's Law, which costs millions of dollars to alert citizens when sex offenders move nearby, may not make children safer, new research suggests.
A federally funded study under way in Trenton is trying to determine whether Megan's Law is worth the cost of its "enormously expensive" monitoring and enforcement requirements, said Phillip Witt, a consultant on the study.
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N.J. study scrutinizes Megan's Law effect
The declining trend of sex attacks against children began several years before the measure started in 1994. Researchers are weighing the expense.
By Sam Wood, Inquirer Staff Writer
New Jersey's pioneering Megan's Law, which costs millions of dollars to alert citizens when sex offenders move nearby, may not make children safer, new research suggests.
A federally funded study under way in Trenton is trying to determine whether Megan's Law is worth the cost of its "enormously expensive" monitoring and enforcement requirements, said Phillip Witt, a consultant on the study.
Click here (http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_region/20070506_Study_in_N_J__scrutinizes_Megans_Law.html ) to read the rest of this article.