History
This concept is new and an exhaustive search of the legal and encyclopedic literature has not revealed any references to it until recently. This concept is first cited in the legal literature by Shajnfeld and Krueger (p 96). The irrational nature of sex offender legislation passed to date is described in this article as well as in a book by Jenkins, and the concept of "evidence-based legislation" is one suggestion to remedy the continuing passage of reactive, emotionally based, legislation to manage sex offenders and reduce sexual crime, which often has not been well conceived or well planned, and where little thought has been given to its economic and practical consequences.
This concept was also mentioned in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on March 11, 2007, entitled "The new American witch hunt" by Richard B. Krueger, M.D.
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