http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1803088,00.html
Audrey Gillan
"Megan's law has been in force in New Jersey since October 1994, three months after seven-year-old Megan Kanka was killed, less than a mile away from where Mr Farkas now lives.
It was rolled out across the rest of the 49 states in May 1996. But many in the US who work with sexual offenders and their victims say that in reality Megan's law does not work. They argue that it induces a false sense of security for parents and often drives the paedophile underground, that it places too much emphasis on "stranger danger" when almost 90% of victims under 16 know their attacker."
