Does Residential Proximity Matter? A Geographic Analysis of Sex Offense Recidivism

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Residential Proximity to Schools and Daycares (2010, background): “The authors concluded that in child sexual abuse cases, social or relationship proximity to victims is a more important factor than residential proximity (Duwe et al., 2008).”
Desistance and Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders: Facilitation or Hindrance? (2010, background): “Given that enactment of community protection legislation is emotionally driven rather than empirically informed, it is not surprising that there is little evidence supporting its assumed effectiveness ( Duwe et al. 2008; Letourneau et al. (in press); Levenson et al. 2007b; Sandler et al. 2008; Vasq”
Collateral Damage: Family Members of Registered Sex Offenders (2009, background): “The Minnesota repeat offenders tended to victimize children who were well known to them, but of the 16 minor victims who were strangers, none of the incidents took place near a school, park, or playground.”
Making Sense out of Nonsense: The Deconstruction of State-Level Sex Offender Residence Restrictions (2008, background): “The study examined the potential deterrent effect of residence restrictions on the reoffense patterns of 224 recidivists released from prison between 1990 and 2002 ( Duwe et al. 2008; Minnesota Department of Corrections 2007).”