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This one is controversial, I know…
Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Eric Janus, of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, as well as, Ira Ellman, of the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss the controversial topic of sex offender registries and how our criminal justice system handles perpetrators of sexual violence.
In today’s episode, Aaron, Ira, and Eric, discuss the rights of sex offenders, the way in which our courts treat these cases, and why it is important to re-consider how we think about punishment for sex crimes. Both professors and scholars in this area, Eric and Ira explain their work in the field and why it is they believe things need to change. Ira, Eric, and Aaron talk about today’s social science surrounding sex offender punishment, delving into ideas on prevention, rates of recidivism, banishment laws, and more. What are the rights of sex offenders? What should they be? And, is our system working?
A graduate of Harvard Law, Professor Janus’ scholarly focus has been on constitutional and public policy considerations in the development of regulatory approaches to sexual violence prevention. Eric’s book, Failure to Protect: America’s Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State, was published by Cornell University Press and explores how “preventative laws” are in reality counterproductive. His latest book, Sexual Predators: Society, Risk and the Law, examines the Sexually Violent Predator laws of each state and considers their constitutionality, as well as aspects of their operations. In 2017, Professor Janus established the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline. He serves as the center’s director in its efforts to provide support for impact litigation and policy-reform work designed to produce constitutional, effective, humane and empirically sound sex offense policies.
Professor Ellman is a Distinguished Professor of Law and an Affiliate Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. Ira has spent the largest part of his career studying family law. A faculty member of A.S.U since 1978, Ira is also an Affiliate Faculty Member of the Center for Child and Youth Policy at Berkeley and a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at Berkley’s Center for The Study of Law and Society. His current research is focused on the legal policy applied to sex offenders, especially those convicted of possession of erotic images of minors.
For more information on Professor Eric Janus, please visit his bio page here.
For more information on Professor Ira Ellman, please visit his bio page here.
Host: Aaron Freiwald
Guests: Eric Janus and Ira Ellman
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By Aaron FreiwaldThis one is controversial, I know…
Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Eric Janus, of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, as well as, Ira Ellman, of the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss the controversial topic of sex offender registries and how our criminal justice system handles perpetrators of sexual violence.
In today’s episode, Aaron, Ira, and Eric, discuss the rights of sex offenders, the way in which our courts treat these cases, and why it is important to re-consider how we think about punishment for sex crimes. Both professors and scholars in this area, Eric and Ira explain their work in the field and why it is they believe things need to change. Ira, Eric, and Aaron talk about today’s social science surrounding sex offender punishment, delving into ideas on prevention, rates of recidivism, banishment laws, and more. What are the rights of sex offenders? What should they be? And, is our system working?
A graduate of Harvard Law, Professor Janus’ scholarly focus has been on constitutional and public policy considerations in the development of regulatory approaches to sexual violence prevention. Eric’s book, Failure to Protect: America’s Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State, was published by Cornell University Press and explores how “preventative laws” are in reality counterproductive. His latest book, Sexual Predators: Society, Risk and the Law, examines the Sexually Violent Predator laws of each state and considers their constitutionality, as well as aspects of their operations. In 2017, Professor Janus established the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline. He serves as the center’s director in its efforts to provide support for impact litigation and policy-reform work designed to produce constitutional, effective, humane and empirically sound sex offense policies.
Professor Ellman is a Distinguished Professor of Law and an Affiliate Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. Ira has spent the largest part of his career studying family law. A faculty member of A.S.U since 1978, Ira is also an Affiliate Faculty Member of the Center for Child and Youth Policy at Berkeley and a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at Berkley’s Center for The Study of Law and Society. His current research is focused on the legal policy applied to sex offenders, especially those convicted of possession of erotic images of minors.
For more information on Professor Eric Janus, please visit his bio page here.
For more information on Professor Ira Ellman, please visit his bio page here.
Host: Aaron Freiwald
Guests: Eric Janus and Ira Ellman
Follow Good Law | Bad Law:
YouTube: Good Law | Bad Law
Facebook: @GOODLAWBADLAW
Instagram: @GoodLawBadLaw
Website: https://www.law-podcast.com