Diorella Velasquez

Legal Research
Atty. Del Rosario

Annotated Bibliography

Bureau of Immigration
http://www.immigration.gov.ph/services/85-june-2014-press-releases/641bi-bans-alien-sex-offenders-in-the-philippines
In an article Published on June 5, 2014 the Bureau of Immigrations, issued a press
statement that foreign nationals who are registered sex offenders in other
jurisdictions are not welcome to visit the
Philippines.

Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/05/01/raised-registry/irreparable-harmplacing-children-sex-offender-registries-us
The article discusses the various flaws in Sexual Registry system, it cited the story
of Jacob C. an 11 year old who was tried in juvenile court in Michigan for touching,
without penetrating his sister's genitals. Jacob was placed in the Michigan Sex
Offender Registry and was prevented from living near other children. The article
discusses the groups concern of the "Notification System" of the Sex offender
registry law, where even youth offenders' personal information and photographs
were made public in their local communities.

Philippine Senate
http: //senate.gov.ph/lisdata/62165546!.pdf--- Sen. Miriam DefensorSantiago 2009 14th congress

http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/1761914854!.pdf Sen. Jinggoy Estrada

2013, 16th congress

A repository of pending bills and acts passed by congress of the Philippines. Pending
bills authored by Senator Miriam Santiago and Senator Jinggoy Estrada proposing
the implementation of a Sex Offender Registy Law in the Philippines, the proposed
bills are similar to the Sex offender Registries being implemented in various State
with certain reservations.

Sex Offender Laws Failed Policies New Direction By Richard Wright

The author described some of the most overreaching sex offender laws enacted,
should be reconsidered for which the author describes as being the dumbest and
cruellest sex offender laws in decades and for the development of evidence-based
policies and that sex offenders should be distinguished among offenders in terms of
the nature of their offenses, the risks they pose, the treatments they need, and the
punishments they deserve. His book provides evidence which he believes policy
makers should consider, his book provides citations and research concerning sex
offenders and bad and good policies in reference to sex offender registry laws being
implemented in different States and Jurisdictions.

THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STRICT LIABILITY IN SEX OFFENDER

REGISTRATION LAWS CATHERINE L. CARPENTER
https://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/bulr/volume86n2/
documents/CARPENTERv2.pdf
Carpenter discusses the various sex offender registry laws in various US states, the
strict implementation in other states and the non-punitive approach in other states
such as Alaska, the consequences that a registered sex offender has to face once
his information is disclosed online for the public to see.

The New York Times Artilce Teenagers Jailing Brings a Call to Fix Sex
Offender Registries
By Julie Bosman, July 14, 2015

The article narrates the story of 19 year old, Zachery Anderson who met a girl using
the dating app Hot or Not, the two eventually met had consensual sex. The girl
purported herself to be 17 years old, but was actually just 14. Anderson was
charged with fourth degree criminal sexual conduct. The article also cites opinions
of organizations and people who are advocating reforms in the sex registry laws,
some of these reforms include the exclusion of juvenile sex offenders who engage in
consensual sexual intercourse such as Zachary.

US Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs: Juveniles Who

Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors Article by David Finkelhor, Richard
Ormrod, and Mark Chaffin (December 2009)
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227763.pdf
The article discusses the number of Youth sex offenders, that 1 out of 4 sex
offenders are youth who victimize other youths, that in a data gathered from the
Federal Bureau of Infestations' National Incident-Based Reporting system. The
article provides a picture of the juvenile sex offender, who do not necessary fit the
traditional description of a "pedophile" or "predator".
It also discusses the
likelihood of juvenile sex offenders are much more likely to target young children as
their victims compared to an adult sex offender. The article suggests that messages
of prevention and deterrence should be directed towards youthful audiences in
school.

US Government Publishing Office

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/searchresults.action;jsessionid=nVF1WTs
RGfQB85slC9b3GxYW7DstSPXjWHKJc2Gmx2kyGvXTjplF!1947160264!
1403815929?st=sex+offender
A repository of the existing laws enacted by the US Congress, it includes copies of
existing Sex offender registry laws in various States, the documents can be
downloaded in PDF Format.

US Supreme Court Website

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-418_7k8b.pdf

The website is a repository of cases decided by the US Supreme Court, cases

relating to Sex Offender Registry and its constitutionality, such as Mckune vs
Lile,Smith vs Doe and US vs Kebodaux can be downloaded in pdf format free of
charge.