If We Know Their Names, Are Women Safer?

Antigua and Barbuda wants to make its sex offenders registry public. It sounds like a step towards greater safety, but does knowing who has been convicted actually make women safer?

Michaela miller

UK, St. Kitts, Jamaica, Trinidad, Sierra Leone

Antigua and Barbuda wants to make its sex offenders registry public. For women, that could be significant. But it also raises a bigger question about what safety really looks like.

I saw the news about the Antigua sex offender registry this weekend and my first reaction was probably the same as a lot of women’s:

Good. Let us know who they are.

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