Research Papers

While my book tells my personal story, it’s also an indictment of a system designed to punish rather than rehabilitate. Sex offender registries were created to protect children, but in practice they’ve become a mechanism of permanent, inescapable punishment with no mechanism for redemption. Once you’re on the registry, you’re on it for life—no matter how much you change, grow, or prove yourself. “WIE” exposes how this happens and why it destroys not just individuals, but entire families