Are Sex Offenders Different? An Examination of Rearrest Patterns

By Lisa L. Sample, Timothy M. Bray. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Investigating the Continuity of Sex Offending: Evidence from the Second Philadelphia Birth Cohort (2009, background): “For the past ten years, however, sex offenders—including children and teens—have become a much more important issue in penal legislation, including community notification and registration laws (Sample & Bray, 2003, 2006; Zimring, 2004; Zimring, Piquero, & Jennings, 2007).”
Public Awareness and Action Resulting From Sex Offender Community Notification Laws (2008, background): “…with no research-based evidence of effectiveness, and with little thought to the long-term consequences for offenders (M. Cohen & Jeglic, 2007; Levenson et al., 2007; Sample, 2006; Sample & Bray, 2003, 2006; Sample & Kadleck, 2008; Tewksbury, 2002, 2005; Zevitz, 2003; Zevitz & Farkas, 2000b).”
Assessing the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification On Sex-Offending Trajectories (2010, background): “In one of the most comprehensive studies to date examining sex offender recidivism, Sample and Bray (2003, 2006) drew on arrest data from Illinois for the period from 1990 to 1997.”
Sex Offender Laws (2008, background): “…and researchers have long been highlighting and suggesting what they believe to be the assumptions of sex offenders and offending that prompted much of the legislation we have today (Levenson, Brannon, Fortney, & Baker, 2007; Sample, 2006; Sample & Bray, 2003, 2006; Shajnfeld & Krueger, 2006).”
Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: Unintended Consequences and Community Reentry (2007, background): “Despite the dearth of evidence linking residential proximity to schools and sex offense recidivism, zoning restrictions are widely popular, partly due to the belief that sex offenders have extraordinarily high recidivism rates (Levenson, 2006; Levenson, Brannon, Fortney, & Baker, 2007; Quinn, Forsyt”
Does Residential Proximity Matter? A Geographic Analysis of Sex Offense Recidivism (2008, background): “Prior research has clearly indicated that sex offenders are, compared to other offenders, among the least likely to reoffend (Harris & Hanson, 2004; Langan & Levin, 2002; Sample & Bray, 2006).”
Public Perceptions About Sex Offenders and Community Protection Policies (2007, background): “Although it is believed that sex offenders have the highest recidivism rates among criminals, they are among the least likely criminals to be rearrested for new crimes (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; Sample & Bray, 2003, 2006).”
Collateral consequences of sex offender residence restrictions (2008, background): “Sex offenders also have lower rearrest rates than other types of criminals (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003 ; Sample & Bray, 2003 , 2006 ).”
Social Policies Designed to Prevent Sexual Violence (2007, background): “In fact, sex offenders are less likely than are nonsex offenders to be rearrested for ongoing criminal behavior (Hanson, Scott, & Steffy, 1995; Sample & Bray, 2003, 2006; see Table 2).”