What I would do is use intensive supervision, mandatory treatment and periodic polygraph testing to see if they are in fact complying with the terms of their release - and in the really high-risk cases, I would use the GPS monitoring.

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And create a system of incentives - to let sex offenders earn more freedom by going to treatment, by complying with the terms of their release, by getting a job, by in effect demonstrating that they are safe and that they don't pose a risk.

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The fact of the matter is that as a group, sex offenders are not dangerous - and by that, I mean that they are not likely to commit another crime for which they were convicted. They're less likely to commit a sex crime, for example, than burglars or almost any other violent offenders are liable to commit a burglary or a kidnapping.

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