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57 Gonz. L. Rev. 209 (2021-2022)
Leveraging Information to Prevent Offending Abroad: International Megan's Law and Sex Offender Registration Systems around the World

handle is hein.journals/gonlr57 and id is 229 raw text is: LEVERAGING INFORMATION TO PREVENT OFFENDING ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW AND SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD Lori McPherson* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 211 I. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM.......... 212 A. Key Terminology.......................................................................... 212 B. Factors Contributing to SECT]................................................... 214 II. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO SECTT .................................................. 216 A. International Instruments ............................................................ 216 B . IN TER P O L ...................................................................................221 III. UNITED STATES: FEEDER, ENFORCEMENT, AND PRE-INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW CIVIL AUTHORITY....................................................... 222 A. United States as a Driver of SECTT ............................................ 222 B. Pre-IM L Federal Criminal Law .......... ....................................... 224 C. Registration of Sex Offenders in the United States ...................... 226 IV. INTERNATIONAL M EGAN'S LAW ............................................................ 228 A. Legislative History ....................................................................... 228 B . Sum m ary and Term s .................................................................... 231 1. International Megan's Law Terminology ..............................232 * J.D., cum laude, T.C. Williams School of Law. Currently serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Sex Offender Investigations Branch (SOIB) within the Investigative Operations Division of the United States Marshals Service. Opinions expressed herein are solely that of the Author and do not necessarily represent the views of the SOIB, IOD, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice, or the United States. The author has previously written numerous articles and publications on the topic of sex offender registration, including Lori McPherson, Sex Offender Registration in Indian Country: SORNA Implementation and 18 U.S.C. §2250, DEP'T OF JUST. J. FED. LAW & PRACTICE, Mar. 2021., at 209, Lori McPherson, The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) at 10 Years: History, Implementation, and the Future, 64 DRAKE L. REv. 741 (2016), Lori McPherson, New Developments in SORNA, U.S. ATT'YS BULL., July 2015, at 2, and Lori McPherson, Practitioner's Guide to the Adam Walsh Act, 20 NCPCA UPDATE, nos. 9 & 10, 2007, at 1. Ironically enough, she also wrote Lori McPherson, Law Review Articles Have Too Many Footnotes, 68 J. LEGAL EDUc. 247 (2019). 209