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Benefits Of Sex Recidivism

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Matrix Michael R. Stephan Carrasco Instructor: Dr. Rosa Chang CCJ4497 11 February 2018 Florida International University Brief Explanation of Topic: Sexual violence is a significant public health problem in the USA and many other countries. In the effort to decrease the incidence of sexual assault, legislators have passed regulatory laws aimed at reducing recidivism among convicted sexual offenders. Tewksbury, Jennings, and Zogba (2012), note that there are limited observable benefits of SORN regarding sex recidivism. It is a viewed shared by most researchers in the field. However, Duwe & Donnay (2008), argue that broad community notification has a deterrent on sex offense recidivism. Prescott & Rockoff (2011), note that there are benefits to providing …show more content…

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