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Some of the most difficult cases for lawyers, and social workers and judges, to resolve involve juvenile sex offenders, i.e. sex offenders who are under the age of 18 and very often under the age of 16. Work with juvenile offenders (and juvenile witnesses) is difficult under any circumstances, but sex offense criminal charges add another dimension to the complex equation.

I’ve been working on a juvenile sex-offender bibliography and thought I’d post here what I’ve found so far. I’m sure there are many other resources. These are, of course, in addition to case law and legal treatise resources.

ARTICLES and WEBSITES

· Bibliographies, Young offenders, Updated February 2010: This bibliography of recent research has been compiled from the library collection of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

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Once upon a time, if you were researching Child Support Rules and wanted Commentary, you could find the documents on the agency website. But, alas, no more. The homepage refers to OAR Commentary, but you won’t find any.

You can find the archived Commentary, however, if you look at the Internet Archives (and Wayback Machine). Versions of the DHS Child Support Guidelines, with Commentary, are there. They are slow to load on my computer, but these searches in the Wayback Machine should get you there.

Option 1 (URL search): http://dcs.state.or.us/oregon_admin_rules/guidelines.htm
Option 2 (word search): Oregon child support guidelines rule commentary (this is just one possible word search)

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If you plan to file in the Oregon Court of Appeals:

June 2, 2010, Media Release

NOTICE: EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010, ORAP 5.05 is amended.

For cases in the Court of Appeals in which the notice of appeal (or other initiating document) is filed on or after July 1, 2010:

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Read All About It, Oregon: Government Documents News

“Read All About It, Oregon, is a service of the Oregon Documents Depository Program and the Oregon State Library. The blog’s goal is to provide easy access to Oregon state government documents that are in the news, or relevant to current news topics….” (Link to blog.)

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Whew. The same week I’ve been thoroughly absorbed by the, what I can truly call thrilling, Harry Markopolos book, “No One Would Listen,” about Markopolos’ 8-year battle to get the SEC and others to listen to his warnings about Bernie Madoff, I bring you these two stories:

1) The April 22, 2010, OPB broadcast of The April 18th edition of Philosophy Talk on Lies Faces, Feelings, and Lies (blog post on the program). The April 18, 2010, program had guest Paul Ekman, author of “Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage.”

Professor Ekman teaches (free, online) a one-hour program on reading micro-expressions – and more!

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I don’t mean to depress you, but it’s almost Election Time again. Oh boy. May elections are primaries, with the usual array of ballot measures, so check in with your county’s election office (e.g. Washington County May 18, 2010 Voter Pamphlet).

You can also see info on statewide candidates and measures: visit the Oregon Elections Division.

Measure 68 and Measure 69 will be on the ballot.

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Legislators and judges, among others (e.g. Humpty Dumpty in “Through the Looking Glass”), have the right to define words, assuming there is a need for them to do so.

Court clarifies the definition of “tampers” as it is used in ORS 164.345(1):

State of Oregon v. Terry Dean Schoen, (TC 04494) (CA A129669) (SC S057652)

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