Extensive paper chronicles major legislation since 1990 on the evolution of the United States Sex Offender Registry System.  Giving detailed information on each work of law from Washington State’s Community Protection Act, the Jacob Wetterling Act, Megan’s Law and finally the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.  The incredibly informative paper does a superb job at illustrating the events over the past two decades leading to the modern day robust National Sex Offender Registry.

Now all 50 US States each have and maintain their own sex offender registry.  Sites like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com give the full 50 State Sex Offender Registry Search for free to all its customers who place a criminal background check.

The paper also goes into extra detail into Megans Law, the story behind the rape and murder of seven year old Megan Kanka, and how Megan’s Law became the catalyst for sex offender registration and community notification within each US State.