TV Listings USA Weekend Weather Their crimes are the stuff of nightmares. Perhaps more than any other kind of criminal, society wants sex offenders restricted, neutered or, better yet, locked up forever. Lawmakers have tried to oblige. Since the early 1990s, Wisconsin has followed and in some cases helped lead the nation in passing laws intended to help society protect itself from sex offenders.
Police can now warn neighborhoods when sex offenders move in.
Sex offenders can be chemically castrated or locked behind razor wire for the rest of their lives. Gazette reporter Sid Schwartz looks at the new laws, the perpetrators and the victims. Bliss Communication Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material subject to the GazetteExtra Terms of Use .