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Sex Offender Recidivism

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Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registries: Do They Reduce Recidivism? Sex offenders are commonly viewed as the worst of the worst in regards to criminal offenders. Their heinous actions instill a sense of fear among the victim and society at large. Following an offender’s release, regardless of their crime, there is a high likelihood that the offender will recidivate if they are not successfully integrated back into society. Specifically, it is often assumed that sex offenders are highly likely to recidivate and that they will continue to be perpetrators of sexual offenses. Nationwide, lawmakers have enacted policies that have been designed to decrease rates of sexual recidivism and attempt to ensure public safety. In response to such growing …show more content…

Duwe and Donnay (2008) conducted a study, which examined recidivism rates of high-risk sex offenders in Minnesota who were subject to broad community notification in comparison with two non-notification control groups. The study found that the non-notification offenders had significantly higher rates of recidivism for sexual reoffending, which included re-arrest, re-conviction, and re-incarceration. However, community notification did not have an effect on general reoffending. This particular study suggests that SORN serves as a deterrent effect as it applies to sex offense …show more content…

Such potential consequences may explain why some offenders fail to register upon their release. Being a registered sex offender may make it difficult for an offender to maintain employment. Their offense may cause them to lose their job and make it difficult for them to obtain another. They may have to settle for a job that is not accompanied by a livable wage. This and their label as a sex offender may also make it difficult for them to find suitable housing. As a result of their offense, they may have difficulty maintaining previous relationships with family and friends, especially if their victim was someone they knew. Also, sex offenders may be subject to physical assault, harassment, and other forms of victimization due to the public knowledge of their crime and their

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The Utah Sex Offender Registry has many purposes and has been around for quite some time. Unfortunately, every state is different and often times the entertainment industry portrays the registry in a false light. The Utah Department of Corrections wants to deflate some of the major myths surrounding the sex offender registry. The most common myth the sex offender registry office receives daily is, “An offender was on the registry yesterday, why are they not on there now?”

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It is one of the most effective models in managing sex offenders in the community. The Containment Approach Model Includes Five Parts: 1. A philosophy that values public safety, victim protection, and reparation for victims as the paramount objectives of sex offender management.

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A final criticism is that it subjects sex offenders to indefinite punishments (Levenson,

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Chapter Eight of the book Flawed Criminal Justice Policies, authors take the closer look at the laws and faulty policy regarding the sex offenders. According to the book policy makers started the myriad laws to protect the public from the sex offenders with increased prison sentences, and restricting the residences to the violators. Today we have very similar situation when it comes to treatment of sexual offenders. The process starts with the sex offender being committed to the prison sentence, and lastly to being registered as a sex offender on many public websites, so that the people could distinguish who the sex offender is and where he/she lives. In this chapter we can learn about a lot of different statues that were made to protect people from the sex offenders.

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The notification system is based on the sex offenders risk to reoffend and the danger they may pose to the community. Many states adopted a three-tier notification system for the sex offender registry; tier one is for offenders evaluated to be low risk for reoffending, tier two is for those offenders assessed at a medium risk and tier three are for those offender that meet criteria for the highest risk of reoffending (National Institute of Justice, 2009a). Megan’s Law is a federal law with subsequent state laws, states have discretion in developing criteria for reporting Megan’s Law however; private and personal information related to the registered sex offender must be available to the public (National Institute of Justice, 2009b). Under Megan’s Law, the tracking database is monitored by states and involves community notification when a sex offender moves into a

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The first study conducted by by J.J. Prescott of the University of Michigan and Johan Rockoff of Columbia University, established that requiring sex offenders to register with police may significantly reduce the chances that they will re-offend. But, this same research also found that making that same registry information available to the broader public may not go as planned, leading to higher overall rates of sex crime. On the other hand a study by University of Chicago PhD. Student Amanda Agan found no findings that sex offender registries actually worked in increasing public safety (University of Chicago Press Journals, 2011). Data from 15 states was examined over a ten year period by both Prescott and Rockoff on the evolution of sex offense rates during the time states passed and began enforcing their registration and notification laws.

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Megan’s Law is a federal law that has changed the course of the criminal justice system in the United States of America. Prior to Megan’s law, convicted sex offenders were able to easily re-offend due to lack of public notification. In the year 2000, it is estimated that there were more than 248,000 sexual victimizations and over an 8-year period in the United States there were 366,460 attempted or completed rapes and sexual assaults (Welchans, 2005). The prevalence of sexual assault, rape, and pedophilia in the United States has sparked a large conversation over the last decade, which has led to the creation of several laws, including Megan’s Law. This analysis of Megan’s Law will focus on the positive aspects that implementing this law has

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Additionally, California has a law that allows citizens access to a CD-ROM with detailed information on sex offenders living in the state. The Pam Lyncher Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, called for a national registry of sex offenders, which allows state officials to submit queries and determine whether a job applicant at a day-care center is a registered sex offender in any of the participating states. Overall, communities have the right to be informed about the presence of sex offenders and take measures to protect themselves, such as avoiding contact with the offender or limiting their access to certain areas. However, it's worth noting that some states have more stringent laws than others when it comes to community notification and that the effectiveness of such laws in reducing the risk of recidivism among sex offenders remains a topic of

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The punishments vary widely, between states, from fines and counseling to life in prison. Sex Offenders can be categorized into three tiers according to federal law. A Tier is a level in which a Sex Offender is categorized based on his/her sex offense.

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Research shows that fewer than 8 percent of the sex offenders completing the Sexual Offender Treatment Program return to prison. Sex Offender treatment is part of a comprehensive effort to increase community safety as a whole. Sex offender treatment is a vital key component of its Reentry Initiative, which is designed to help offenders start receivig the treatments, education and job training they need in prison so that they return to society making choices that will help keep them out of prison again. An estimated 95 percent of the sex offenders sentenced to prison in the end come back to the group.

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A few especial cases of sex offenders actually rebuilt their life after prison. For them to achieved it, they had to go through rehabilitation and several medical treatments. Duggan and Dennis (2014) discuss how some parts of our society strongly believe all types

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America has a strict law, which protects our citizens from predators; sex offender registries are exemplifications. In the article “Protect Yourself, Family From Sex Offenders,” Rick Schneider argues that sex offender’s name should not be taken off even after they had served their time. Many can argue that registries are a good way for the government authorities to keep track, and to protect the community from any violence caused by sex offenders. For example, many people may believe the registry protects people from predators because it allows others to know where the predators are and how likely they are to strike again. On the other hand, some people consider that it is “horribly unfair” to release the names and addresses of offenders

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Society doesn 't talk about the feelings of the registered sex offender because once you are considered such, there isn 't much sympathy for these but there are individuals who views sexual assault differently. For example, including to an anonymous blogger Emily, she expresses herself very openly about her thoughts about sex offenders. She states that she feels much sympathy for sex offenders especially ones who are exposed on social media because she read the comments where people are wishing death upon them. She reads comments where people are wishing that registered sex offender 's commit suicide or be raped in prison. She also reads people threatening to use the sex offender application to target sex offenders.

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There is a public stigma towards people who are registered on the sex offenders list. The public view of the individuals on this list as a creepy old pervert who drives a windowless van , prays on women and children. If they are caught and released they will continue to reek havoc on the neighborhood they live in. However, this is not the case only 14 percent of sex offenders commit another sex crime after they serve time and are normally known by the victims. This does not excuse their crimes by any means but it is important to know what crimes are on actually the registry.

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