Community Protection from Sexual Violence: Intended and Unintended Outcomes of American Policies

Jill S. Levenson

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled:
- History of US community protection policies
- Sex offender policies in other countries
- Do these laws work to prevent repeat offending?
- The effectiveness of sex offender registration and notification
- Unintended consequences of SORN policies and residence restrictions
- Conclusion: implications for policy and practice
- References
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationInternational Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Theory, Practice, and Research
EditorsDouglas P. Boer, Reinhard Eher, Leam A. Craig, Michael H. Miner, Friedemann Pfäfflin
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
Chapter31
Pages587-607
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9781119990420
ISBN (Print)9780470749258
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 21 2011

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Psychology

Keywords

  • Do these laws work to prevent repeat offending?
  • History of US community protection policies
  • National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)
  • Sex offender policies in other countries
  • Sex offender registration and notification act (SORNA)
  • The australian national child offender register (ANCOR)
  • Unintended consequences of SORN policies and residence restrictions
  • Violent and sex offender register (ViSOR)

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