The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, has announced final guidelines for Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The guidelines provide necessary tools for states and tribes to incorporate SORNA minimum requirements into their sex offender registration and notification programs.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Sedgwick of the OJP said, “These guidelines will provide valuable implementation strategies to enhance their abilities to respond to crimes against children and adults and prevent sex offenders who have been released back into the community from victimizing others.”
The DOJ published the proposed guidelines for SORNA in the Federal Register on May 30, 2007, which were available for public comment until Aug. 1, 2007. More than 275 comments were received from criminal justice professionals, sex offender registration officials, state and local governments, tribal communities, Congress and the general public.
The final guidelines provide general principles for jurisdictions implementing SORNA and clarification on several topics, such as the treatment of juveniles, retroactivity, tribal issues, information subject to Web site posting and duration of registration.
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