The Constitutionality of Kansas Laws Targeting Sex Offenders

49 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2012

Date Written: April 22, 1997

Abstract

Kansas, like many States, has enacted various laws in the past several years responding to concerns about sex offenders and public safety. Most prominent are state laws that substantially increase the criminal punishment for sex offenses, the so-called “Megan’s Laws” that provide for sex offender registration and some form of community notification or access to offender information, and perhaps most dramatically the sexual “predator” statutes that provide for the civil commitment of certain sex offenders upon their release from prison. This article discusses the constitutionality of these measures, all of which Kansas has enacted in some form.

Suggested Citation

McAllister, Stephen R., The Constitutionality of Kansas Laws Targeting Sex Offenders (April 22, 1997). Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 419, 1997, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2044048

Stephen R. McAllister (Contact Author)

University of Kansas - School of Law ( email )

Green Hall
1535 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7577
United States

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