Do an online search for sex offenders living in your neighborhood and you may be alarmed by how many you find.

Two studies in the latest issue of the Journal of Law and Economics cast doubt on whether sex offender registry and notification laws actually work as intended.

By Paul Eakins LONG BEACH - Attorneys representing 35 registered sex offenders filed a civil rights lawsuit this week aimed at a strict sex offender ordinance that the City Council passed in March.

By Greg Mellen LONG BEACH - Members of the Alamitos Beach Neighborhood Association and residents concerned about the prevalence and clustering of sex offenders in their neighborhood will learn about strategies to fight the problem Thursday at the group's monthly meeting.

By Diane Jennings, The Dallas Morning News Jun. 26--When Texas' leading politicians called loudly for the death penalty for repeat child rapists last year, they knew there was a good chance the U.S. Supreme Court might find the provision unconstitutional. Legal experts told them so -- repeatedly.