The Influence of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws in the United States

By B. Vásquez, Sean Maddan, Jeffery T. Walker. 2008

216 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. J. Levenson
2. G. Willis
3. R. Tewksbury
4. Wesley G. Jennings
5. Tony Ward
6. Naomi J. Freeman
7. Jeffrey C. Sandler
8. Kelly M. Socia

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. Levenson
2. G. Willis
3. R. Tewksbury
4. Wesley G. Jennings
5. Tony Ward
6. Amanda Y. Agan
7. Naomi J. Freeman
8. Jeffrey C. Sandler

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of South Carolina’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Policy on Adult Recidivism (2010, result): “In summary, results across the four trend analyses and the mathematical modeling study varied, suggesting a positive effect of SORN on recidivism (Washington State Institute for Public Policy, 2005), a positive effect of SORN on primary prevention accompanied by a negative effect on recidivism (Pres”
• Collateral Damage: Family Members of Registered Sex Offenders (2009, background): “…decreased as a result of SORN laws (Duwe and Donnay 2008; Washington State Institute for Public Policy 2005), but the majority of research does not indicate significant changes in sex crime trends following the implementation of these policies (Adkins et al. 2000; Vasquez et al. 2008; Zevitz 2006).”
• 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; Vasqu”
• DOES A WATCHED POT BOIL? A Time-Series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law (2008, methodology): “In an attempt to account for any historical trends in crime rates, Walker, Maddan, Vasquez, VanHouten, and Ervin-McCarthy (2005) used time-series analysis to examine the number of rapes reported monthly through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system in 10 states to determine the general deterrent ”
• Sex Offender Registries: Fear without Function? (2011, background): “More recent work by Prescott and Rockoff (2009) and Walker et al. (2005) uses data across states and exploits the variation in timing of the start of registration to attempt to determine the effectiveness of sex offender registries.”
• Assessing the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification On Sex-Offending Trajectories (2010, background): “Additionally, Vasquez, Maddan, and Walker (2008) examined rape rates in 10 states prior to and following the implementation of sex offender registration.”