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Abstract: 

Because sex offender legislation (i.e., residence restrictions and global positioning system (GPS) monitoring) has been crafted to keep known offenders a prescribed distance away from areas frequented by children, sex offender perpetration patterns warrant examination. Few studies, however, have examined the assumptions underlying these laws, including the assumption that sex crimes occur with higher frequency in the locations from which sex offenders are typically restricted (i.e., places where children congregate). Further, despite their increasing application, there is a lack of research examining whether such sex offender-specific legislation is effective in preventing or reducing recidivism. (Jill S. Levenson and David A. D’Amora, “Social Policies Designed to Prevent Sexual Violence: The Emperor’s New Clothes?,” 18 Criminal Justice Pol.

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Affiliations:  1: John Jay College of Criminal Justice; 2: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.