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Evaluating the effectiveness of sex offender registration and notification policies for reducing sexual violence against women : final report for National Institute of Justice / Elizabeth J. Letourneau, principal investigator ; Jill S. Levenson, co-investigator [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc--South Carolina.
- Sex offenders.
- Sex offenders--South Carolina--Registers.
- Sex crimes--South Carolina--Prevention.
- Sex crimes.
- Recidivism--South Carolina.
- Recidivism.
- Sex crimes--Prevention.
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.
- South Carolina.
- Genre:
- registers (lists)
- Registers (Lists)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67, [8] pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Charleston, S.C.] : MUSC, Medical University of South Carolina ; [Washington, D.C.] : [National Institute of Justice], [2010]
- Summary:
- "The present study examined the effects of comprehensive registration and community notification policies on rates of sexual violence in South Carolina. Specifically, the present study proposed to evaluate whether broad sex offender registration and notification policies have reduced recidivism or deterred new sexual offenses. Additionally, this study proposed to examine whether unintended effects of broad registration and notification policies have occurred. Of note, the present study focused almost exclusively on the effects of registration and notification as pertains to offenses committed by adults. Given that registration and notification policies often targeted juveniles adjudicated delinquent as minors, the investigative team has been involved in separate research pertaining to the effects of these policies as pertains to juveniles ..."--Page 2.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 9, 2010).
- "Grant Award # 2006-WG-BX-0002."
- "Document No.: 231989"--Grant transmittal document.
- "Date Received: September 2010"--Grant transmittal document.
- Preserved in the OCLC Digital Archive. Harvested from http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/231989.pdf on January 10, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-60).
- OCLC:
- 669273375
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