Why Sarah's Law Will Not Work Paedophile's are notoriously difficult to monitor, let alone to catch, and it is likely to be this rather than treatment programmes that explains low rate of re-offending, but Sarah's Law is not a solution either 18.04.07 Guardian, Sex Offences

Megan's Law Dismissed Home Office officials have dismissed statement from Labour MP Dan Norris on introduction of UK version of Megan's Law, sometimes dubbed Sarah's Law, child care agencies say paedophiles are already hard to supervise and law would add to difficulty 11.04.07 Guardian, Children's Rights, Home Office, Sex Offences

500 Lost Criminals Records on 500 serious criminals who came to UK were set aside, never integrated into UK system, fear paedophiles and rapists working with vulnerable 10.01.07 BBC, Criminal Justice, Immigration

MySpace Moves to ID Sex Offenders Booming social networking site MySpace.com says it is developing technologies that will allow it to cross-reference users with registers of sex offender 06.12.06 NY Times, Internet Regulation, Sex Offences

Child Sex Offenders Identified on Web A 'Most Wanted' list of paedophiles is being put on internet by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, compromise with controversial Sarah's Law, focuses on those who are in breach of reporting conditions required by sex offenders register 17.11.06 Telegraph, Sex Offences

Judges Are Right to Judge Home Office is expected to return discretion to judges in setting minimum tariff for serious offenders, follows anger at Craig Sweeney, who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a child, likely to be freed in five years under current pre-set formula 09.11.06 BBC, Criminal Sentencing, Sex Offences

Sex Register Is too 'Vague' Magistrates are calling for tighter requirements for Sex Offenders Register, meant to help police track likely re-offenders quickly, cases of giving address as 'in the woods' 31.10.06 Daily Mail, Criminal Justice, Sex Offences

Information on Sex Offenders Govt plans greater access by public to information on paedophiles, stops short of names and addresses, but National Offender Management Bill expected to allow publication of risk warnings 30.10.06 News of the World, Criminal Justice, Data Protection, Human Rights, Privacy, Sex Offences

Who Knew About Representative Foley House speaker J. Dennis Hastert is being drawn into scandal over Mrk Foley, who pursued young men and boys working in Congress, claims Hastert failed to act 05.10.06 NY Times, Sex Offences

Megan's Law Not Working Children's Commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green has condemned plans to introduce law to provide details of convicted paedophiles to schools and families, going 'underground' would increase abuse Guardian Hundreds of sex offenders fail to report to authorities following release 22.06.06 Telegraph, Children's Rights, Data Protection, Privacy, Sex Offences