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Abstract: 

One of the functions of criminal justice is crime control, and the tools criminal justice officials use to control crime range from apprehension to the monitoring of offenders. Monitoring offenders—knowing their whereabouts, activities, associates, and movement toward recidivism—has been at the forefront of correctional practices, especially community corrections. Although it is considered important to monitor all types of serious offenders, it is considered especially important to monitor sex offenders. The impetus for sex offender registries comes from legal statutes that arose in response to high profile, heinous crimes against children.

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Affiliations:  1: University of Louisville; 2: University of Louisville.