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Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact

July 2019

Numerous states and hundreds of municipalities have laws restricting the location of a convicted sex offender's residence. Little is known about the effectiveness of these restrictions. Do they keep children safer or give a false sense of safety? Some people suggest these laws are driven by media attention to a few cases. Others believe they are not grounded in research.

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Understanding Sexually Abusive Clergy as a Unique Offender Subgroup: Risk-based Comparisons Across the Course of Offending

Date Published

January 2017

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Parole Violations and Revocations: Evidence-Based Responses to California in Crisis - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

July 2009

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

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NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: Implementation and Impact - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

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NIJ-Sponsored

Sexual Violence: An International Perspective - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

Date Published

September 2008

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview

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NIJ-Sponsored

Serial Sexual Assaults: A Longitudinal Examination of Offending Patterns Using DNA Evidence

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Relations Between Self-Reported Adverse Events in Childhood and Hypersexuality in Adult Male Sexual Offenders

Date Published

April 2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

What Works in Reentry

December 2018

Series

Research for the Real World

This Research for the Real World seminar, held October 29, 2018 focuses on the role and importance of institutional and community corrections, and rehabilitative and reentry services in crime prevention and public safety efforts. The seminar supports NIJ and the field in furthering the corrections and reentry research agenda, and advancing the knowledge of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry.

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A Case Study of K-12 School Employee Sexual Misconduct: Lessons Learned From Title IX Policy Implementation

Date Published

September 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Grants and Funding, Case Study

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Examining the Continuity of Juvenile Sex Offending Into Adulthood and Subsequent Patterns of Sex and General Recidivism

Date Published

January 2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training

2018-MC-FX-K007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$750,000

Replicating HOPE: Can Others Do It As Well As Hawaii?

Date Published

March 2014

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

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NIJ

Evaluation of the Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Effectiveness, Challenges, and Policy Priorities

Date Published

June 2017

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The Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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NIJ

Implementation of Circles of Support and Accountability in the United States

Date Published

January 2015

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Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification

Date Published

August 2016

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Supplemental Report on Open-Ended Responses on Policy Recommendations

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis

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National Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Implementation Inventory, Preliminary Results

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

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NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Offenders in the Community: Post-Release, Registration, Notification and Residency Restrictions - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Presentation (Multimedia), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Conference Material

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NIJ

Using License Plate Readers to Fight Crime - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Presentation, Conference Material

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NIJ

Looking Back To See the Future of Prison Downsizing in America - Keynote Address at the 2012 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2012

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Issue Overview, Conference Material

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NIJ

Prospective Examination of Whether Childhood Sexual Abuse Predicts Subsequent Sexual Offending

Date Published

January 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Tailoring Policies for Effective Sex Offender Re-entry Into Communities - Interview at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Publication Type

Presentation (Multimedia), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Interview, Conference Material

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NIJ

Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work in Criminal Justice? A New Analysis From CrimeSolutions

Date Published

May 2016

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Literature Review

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NIJ