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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for sex crimes, prevention
2 results foundAuthor: Socia, Kelly M. Title: Residence Restriction Legislation, Sex Crime Rates, and the Spatial Distribution of Sex Offender Residences Summary: Residence restrictions are one of the most recent, and most controversial, public policies seeking to protect community members from registered sex offenders (RSOs) reentering society following incarceration. Residence restriction policies prohibit RSOs from living within a given distance of certain places where children might gather (e.g., schools, daycares, parks, and playgrounds). In doing so, the expectation is that RSOs will have a harder time finding and approaching young children whom they can sexually assault, thus driving sexual recidivism rates down. These policies, first passed in 1995 at the state level and in 2005 at the county and local level, have become extremely popular throughout the United States, but without proof that they are effective. To date, the research on these policies has been extremely limited, and has largely focused on the unintended consequences that these policies cause for RSOs, typically as a result of reduced housing options. This study addresses this lack of research by examining four issues: 1) the characteristics of counties passing these policies, 2) the efficacy of county residence restrictions to reduce sex crime rates in New York State, 3) whether these policies are associated with the spatial distribution (i.e., clustering or dispersion) of RSO residences in upstate New York neighborhoods, and 4) whether this spatial distribution is in turn associated with differences in county-level recidivistic sex crime rates. In doing so, this study draws on a number of diverse literatures, including the diffusion of policy innovations, incapacitation and deterrence theories, reentry and rehabilitation research, and the conceptualization and measurement of the spatial distribution of ex-offender residences. Results indicate that political competition is very influential in passing a county residence restriction and that a nearby residence restriction may dissuade others from passing their own policies. Further, while these restrictions do not reduce recidivistic sex crimes, they may generally deter some individuals who are not yet RSOs from sexually victimizing adults. Finally, results indicate that while a residence restriction is in some cases associated with the within and between-neighborhood spatial distribution of RSOs, there is no indirect effect on recidivistic sex crime rates. Details: Albany, NY: School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, 2011. 190p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 29, 2011 at: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/235979.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/235979.pdf Shelf Number: 123174 Keywords: Residency RestrictionsSex Crimes, PreventionSex Offender RegistrationSex Offenders |
Author: Deibel, Jeffrey Title: Sex Offenders and Predatory Offenders: Minnesota Criminal and Civil Regulatory Laws Summary: This information brief describes Minnesota laws that apply to sex offenders and predatory offenders. The information brief consists of two parts. The first part summarizes the criminal laws that prohibit unlawful sexual conduct, the criminal penalties that apply to these offenses, and the mandatory sentences that courts must impose on certain offenders. The second part describes the civil and regulatory laws that supplement the criminal provisions. These regulatory laws include the predatory offender registration law, the community notification law, and the law authorizing civil commitment of persons determined to be sexually dangerous. Details: St. Paul, MN: Research Department, Minnesota House of Representatives, 2012. 33p. Source: Internet Resource: Information Brief: Accessed April 2, 2012 at: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/sexofdr.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/sexofdr.pdf Shelf Number: 124793 Keywords: Sex Crimes, PreventionSex Offender RegistrationSex Offenders (Minnesota) |