Fla. Proposes Electronic Tracking of Sex Offenders

By Ed Gordon

Published April 5, 2005 at 9:00 PM PDT

In response to the recent kidnapping and murder of a 9-year-old girl, Florida legislators have proposed a law that would require registered sex offenders to wear electronic tracking devices. NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with Dr. Fred Berlin, the founder of the Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic and director of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma; and Walter McNeil, chief of police for the Tallahassee, Fla., police department.

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