Guy Hamilton-Smith

Articles by Guy Hamilton-Smith

Why Keeping People With Sex Offense Convictions Off Social Media Sites Does Little To Make Those Sites Safer

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal purports to take sexual violence seriously, but it aggressively ignores reality in favor of lazy solutions.

Guy Hamilton-Smith Jan 13, 2020

New York Lawmakers Want To Ban Sex Offenders From The Subway. That Won’t Solve Anything.

Banishing people from the subway will only marginalize them without addressing the problem.

Guy Hamilton-Smith Apr 01, 2019

The Endless Punishment of Civil Commitment

Prosecutors can subject those convicted of sexual offenses—and sometimes, those with no conviction at all—to an indefinite period of civil punishment at the end of their criminal sentence.

Guy Hamilton-Smith Sep 04, 2018

NY Gov. Cuomo’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Plan to Protect Your Kids

Guy Hamilton-Smith Mar 19, 2018

New DOJ Report Demonstrates Stunning Disingenuity on Cases Involving Sexual Exploitation of Children

Guy Hamilton-Smith Jan 17, 2018

Sex Registries as Modern-Day Witch Pyres: Why Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Need to Address the Treatment of People on the Sex Offender Registry

Guy Hamilton-Smith Dec 12, 2017

We’re Putting Sex Offender Stamps on Passports. Here’s Why It Won’t Curb Sex Tourism & Trafficking.

Guy Hamilton-Smith Nov 09, 2017