Redlich A D
Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5719, USA.
J Child Sex Abus. 2001;10(3):91-116. doi: 10.1300/j070v10n03_06.
Megan's law, a law designed to protect children from sexual abuse, enables law enforcement to notify communities when convicted sex offenders reside in their neighborhoods. Although there is vast support for the law, little is known about the perceived efficacy of the law. Community members', law enforcement officials', and law students' attitudes toward community notification and other child abuse prevention measures were investigated. The groups significantly differed in support of Megan's Law and surrounding issues, such as whether all criminals should be subject to community notification. Also, perceptions of the efficacy and the degree to which offenders' rights are violated differed according to whether community notification tactics were typical or extreme.
梅根法旨在保护儿童免受性虐待，该法律使执法部门能够在已定罪的性犯罪者居住在社区时通知社区居民。尽管该法律得到了广泛支持，但对于其实际效果却知之甚少。研究调查了社区成员、执法官员和法律专业学生对社区通知及其他预防儿童虐待措施的态度。这些群体在对梅根法及其相关问题（比如是否所有罪犯都应接受社区通知）的支持程度上存在显著差异。此外，根据社区通知策略是常规的还是极端的，对该法律效果的认知以及对罪犯权利被侵犯程度的认知也有所不同。
