San Diego City Beat, 22 Sep 2010 – What Can Be Done to Stop This Awful Condition? This week, we’d like to talk about a serious condition known as "paranoia-induced overkill" (PIO). That’s when, for example, a politician might exploit public fears to score political points with the electorate, like, say, when Jessica’s Law was passed, including an overkill provision: Convicted sex offenders can’t live with 2,000 feet of schools and parks. That restricted where people could live so severely that it’s led to widespread homelessness among sex offenders–homelessness creates instability, which contributes to bad behavior, which endangers the public.
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