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Results for sex offenders (missouri, u.s.)
2 results foundAuthor: Huebner, Beth Title: Sex Offender Recidivism in Missouri and Community Correction Options Summary: There has been substantial public scrutiny over the release of sex offenders to the community, predominantly for individuals who have assaulted young children. The vast majority of sex offenders, however, will be returned to the community following incarceration. Understanding the recidivism patterns of sex offenders and successful community corrections options are one step in developing effective sentencing and correctional policies. Using data provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections, a sample of men in all offense categories released from Missouri prison in 1998 was analyzed. The sample was analyzed by demographic factors, criminal history, and institutional behavior. The results show that Missouri sex offenders were more likely to be older, white, and have less educational and employment deficits than the general prison population. Sex offenders were significantly more likely to have consistent employment histories, have been convicted of a prior sex crime, provide moderate risk to the public, have a higher salient factor score, have lower institutional risk scores, and to have spent more time in prison. Sex offenders spent significantly more time in prison than offenders who had committed other types of crime. Consistent with prior studies on prisoner recidivism, inmates convicted of property crimes had the highest recidivism rates. Sex offenders had the lowest rates of recidivism and the Missouri rates were consistent with national averages. Little variation in recidivism outcomes was observed for sex offender types in the current sample. Although the rates of recidivism vary across offender groups, when these men do recidivate, they are more likely to commit the type of offense for which they were previously imprisoned. For sex offenders in Missouri, however, a smaller percentage were convicted of another sex crime. Analyses to determine which independent variables were predictors of recidivism could not be meaningfully conducted for sex offenders due to the small sample size. Future studies should consider recidivism outcomes from a multi-year cohort of sex offenders. The state of Washington, as well as county jurisdictions in Illinois and Arizona have put into practice punishment policies, designed specifically for sex offenders, which have been regarded as effective alternative methods to punitively control those convicted of sex crimes. Washington sentencing statutes dictate statewide uniformity in the sentencing in addition to the use of intermediate community-based punishments for sex offenders. However, legislative bodies in Arizona and Illinois have not established similar statewide mandates; nonetheless, individual counties within each state maintain punishment policies mirroring those employed at a larger level in Washington. According to the literature, offenders who receive such sentences “differ in important ways from those sentenced to prison” (Hepburn and Griffin 2004:8). Indeed, they are commonly deemed as low-risk to the community and considered to have a moderate likelihood of committing another sex crime. Details: Columbia, MO: Institute of Public Policy, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2006. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 8, 2013 at: http://www.mosac.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45354 Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: http://www.mosac.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45354 Shelf Number: 129592 Keywords: RecidivismSex Offenders (Missouri, U.S.) |
Author: Huebner, Beth Title: Sex Offender Risk Assessment Summary: Compared to clinical methods, actuarial risk instruments are a preferred method to discern sex offenders risk for sexual as well as violent recidivism because, unlike clinical practices, they are considered inexpensive, objective and modestly accurate. Scientists argue that risk instruments that employ only static, or historic measures of offender characteristics, rather than dynamic, are certainly sufficient for the purposes of gauging individuals’ likelihood of recidivism. In fact, Harris and Rice (2003:207) contend that dynamic constructs are “unnecessary for anticipating who will recidivate in a given time period”; furthermore they state that “very accurate statements about the likelihood of another…offense can be based upon knowledge of an individual’s lifetime conduct.” In their view, offender risk scales that incorporate only static information are essentially capturing factors that reflect a person’s underlying antisocial propensity. Although there are a considerable number of risk instruments available for corrections officials to utilize, far fewer have been rigorously evaluated. Of those that have, Harris and Rice (2003) recommend that the MnSOST-R and the Static-99 are two of the most “promising” scales for predicting sexual recidivism. An emerging body of work also suggests that the SORAG is quite effectual in terms of its predictive accuracy. Additional empirical research is likely to surface which will provide further evidence of the statistical accuracy of sex offender risk instruments. Details: Columbia, MO: Institute of Public Policy, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2006. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 10, 2013 at: http://www.mosac.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45355 Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: http://www.mosac.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45355 Shelf Number: 129613 Keywords: RecidivismRisk Assessment InstrumentsSex Offenders (Missouri, U.S.) |