Introducing such a law, as the latest Home Secretary John Reid appearsto want to do, would be against the advice of nearly everybody involvedin law enforcement and the management of offenders. The evidence showsthat publicly identifying sex offenders in such a way tends to drivethem underground out of fear of vigilante attack, making monitoring andtreatment impossible and increasing the risk of them reoffending.
Still, it would allow the Home Secretary to appear to be doing somethingabout an issue the public is worried about, while distracting attentionfrom the real problems in the Home Office that led to the resignation ofthe last Home Secretary.
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