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The SBS News Center provides verified updates, research summaries, policy developments, and analysis on issues affecting families after a CSAM accusation or conviction. This page is the primary hub for all articles published by Support Beyond Stigma, ensuring search engines can index each news item and recognize this section as the authoritative source for ongoing updates.
A Roadmap for Reform: Confronting the Unfair Practice of Registering Children and Young Adults as Sex Offenders
Across the United States, children are being subjected to one of the harshest penalties our legal system can impose: placement on a public sex offender registry.
If your loved one is a juvenile or young adult forced to register as a sex offender, this report may provide the evidence and context you need to engage your legislators and advocate for meaningful sex offender registry policy reform.
No License to Intimidate: How the Law Protects Registered Sex Offenders from Harassment
While sex offender registry entries are publicly accessible, people listed on them still have the same legal protection as anyone else against targeted harassment, vigilante acts, and violence. Using registry information to threaten, stalk, harass, or physically attack someone is unlawful under US federal and state law.
Employment and the Sex Offender Registry: What’s Allowed, What’s Restricted, and What’s Possible
Learn more about which industries have clear legal barriers, how background check vendors work, which roles have a realistic track record of hiring registrants, and how to handle the disclosure conversation without derailing an otherwise strong candidacy.