{"id":1144,"date":"2010-03-28T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2010\/03\/28\/stigma-creep-adding-johns-to-the-kansas-sex-offender-registry\/"},"modified":"2010-03-28T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T23:29:16","slug":"stigma-creep-adding-johns-to-the-kansas-sex-offender-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2010\/03\/28\/stigma-creep-adding-johns-to-the-kansas-sex-offender-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"stigma creep: adding johns to the kansas sex offender registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0JuSECuIrUI\/S6_ZtIHB8lI\/AAAAAAAADD0\/OAsCbTQ4jUU\/s1600\/john_school.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453817043063272018\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0JuSECuIrUI\/S6_ZtIHB8lI\/AAAAAAAADD0\/OAsCbTQ4jUU\/s200\/john_school.jpg\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2010\/03\/24\/1834930\/kansas-ponders-adding-prostitutes.html#ixzz0jOk25I1l\">Kansas City Star<\/a> reports that a bill passed by the Kansas House would require those convicted of soliciting a prostitute to be listed on the state\u2019s sex offender registry for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Prostitution involving adults is typically a misdemeanor, subject to fines and\/or a short jail term, though the activity has long drawn shame-based sanctions. For example, police departments in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us\/police\/prostitution-convictions\/convictions.asp#TopOfPage\">Minneapolis<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpaul.gov\/index.aspx?nid=2351\">St. Paul<\/a> now post photos of people arrested for soliciting prostitutes &#8212; a punishment that can be far more frightening than a $700 fine. In many jurisdictions, those soliciting prostitutes must also attend &#8220;john school,&#8221; where the lessons combine deterrence (e.g., powerpoint slides of late-stage STDs; a stern prosecutor&#8217;s lecture) with an appeal to family and community values (and their wives, mothers, and daughters).<\/p>\n<p>While recognizing the social harm involved with prostitution, I&#8217;d hate to see further expansion of state registries. If you think it is tough to get a job with a felony conviction on your record, try applying as a sex offender. I&#8217;ll never forget a phone call from one such offender in a western state. He had worked steadily throughout his adult life until his conviction, but had been unable to gain any real employment in the nine (crime-free) years his name appeared on the registry. When he learned his ten-year term of registration was changed to a<em> lifetime<\/em> registration requirement, he broke down completely and resigned himself to social isolation and dependency. <\/p>\n<p>In short, a decade-long registration requirement would represent a <em>significant <\/em>increase in punishment if the Kansas bill were to become law. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%\">-via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sentencing.typepad.com\/sentencing_law_and_policy\/\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\">sentencing law &amp; policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Star reports that a bill passed by the Kansas House would require those convicted of soliciting a prostitute to be listed on the state\u2019s sex offender registry for 10 years. Prostitution involving adults is typically a misdemeanor, subject to fines and\/or a short jail term, though the activity has long drawn shame-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}