PROOF OF CONCEPT â full quality-of-life profile for District of Columbia, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the registrant's perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.
Weighted burden index 32.3/100 ¡ rank 46 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) ¡ 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.
Legend: đĸ favorable (less burden) ¡ đ moderate ¡ đ´ restrictive ¡ âšī¸ context ¡ âĒ unknown. â = statute-verified.
| Dimension | Rating | Detail | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration length | đ moderate | 10 years after release/supervision by default; lifetime for a lifetime-registration offense, sexual psychopath, or multiple qualifying dispositions (§ 22-4002(b)) | D.C. Code § 22-4002 â |
| Removal / petition off | đ moderate | No discretionary early-removal petition confirmed; 10-year registrants' duty ends by expiration of the term, but lifetime registrants have no termination path â â needs human review | D.C. Code § 22-4002 â |
| Individualized risk assessment | đ´ restrictive | No risk assessment; classes assigned by offense | § 22-4002 |
| In-person reporting frequency | đ moderate | At least annually; agency may require more frequent reporting | § 22-4008 |
| Registration fee | đĸ favorable | No fee â the statutory duties of registrants include no registration fee | § 22-4014 â |
| Residency restriction | đĸ favorable | No â DC has no residency distance restriction; registrants may live anywhere absent a specific court order â local: none (DC Council has never enacted residency restrictions) | None (no DC Code residency restriction) â |
| Employment restriction | đĸ favorable | Page states the only special restriction is public notification | § 22-4011 |
| Presence / loitering restriction | đĸ favorable | Page states the only special restriction is public notification | § 22-4011 |
| Visitor registration trigger | đĸ favorable | Nothing found in the statutes for visitors | n/a |
| Internet identifiers required | đĸ favorable | No â internet identifiers/email not among the required registration info enumerated in § 22-4007 | D.C. Code § 22-4007 â |
| Civil commitment | đ´ restrictive | Yes â DC's 'sexual psychopath' scheme civilly commits a person who by repeated sexual misconduct lacks power to control his sexual impulses so as to be dangerous, to an institution until released under § 22-3809 | D.C. Code §§ 22-3803, 22-3808 â |
| Public website exposure | đ moderate | Public internet inspection limited to Class A (lifetime) and Class B offenders; Class C (all others â the lowest tier) is law-enforcement/authorized-entity access only, not on the public site â lowest tier withheld | D.C. Code § 22-4011 â |
| Halloween / holiday restriction | đĸ favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction â the DC sex-offender registration chapter (§§ 22-4001 to 22-4017), including the duties-of-registrants section, contains no holiday/candy/porch-light/trick-or-treat rule | D.C. Code § 22-4014 â |
| Marked driver's license / ID | đĸ favorable | Not marked â DC does not require the driver's license or ID to be labeled to identify a registrant | n/a (no marking requirement) â |
| Community notification (& who pays) | đ´ restrictive | Statute authorizes broad ACTIVE notification â community meetings, flyers, door-to-door contacts, direct mailings, media releases â in addition to the public website; no registrant cost | D.C. Code § 22-4011 â |
| Age of consent (context) | âšī¸ context | 16 â 'child' is defined as under 16; sexual contact with a child is child sexual abuse (18 threshold applies only to persons in a position of trust) | D.C. Code § 22-3001 (definitions); § 22-3008/§ 22-3009 (child sexual abuse) â |
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