Mercado Cynthia Calkins, Alvarez Shea, Levenson Jill
John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Sex Abuse. 2008 Jun;20(2):188-205. doi: 10.1177/1079063208317540.
The authors sought to examine the impact of notification and residence restriction statutes on sex offender reintegration. Although previous research has primarily sampled sex offenders receiving treatment, the authors examined the impact of these policies on a broad sample of registered sex offenders subject to notification via the Internet. Findings from a survey of 138 community sex offenders revealed that a high percentage perceived residence restriction and community notification legislation to negatively affect employment, housing, and social relations. Consistent with prior research in this area, these findings suggest that such policies might hamper offenders' efforts toward community reintegration, which ultimately could serve to inflate rates of recidivism. Directions for future research and implications for practice and policy evaluation are discussed.
作者试图研究通知和居住限制法规对性犯罪者重新融入社会的影响。尽管先前的研究主要以接受治疗的性犯罪者为样本，但作者研究了这些政策对通过互联网接受通知的广大登记性犯罪者样本的影响。对138名社区性犯罪者的调查结果显示，很大比例的人认为居住限制和社区通知立法对就业、住房和社会关系产生了负面影响。与该领域先前的研究一致，这些发现表明，此类政策可能会阻碍犯罪者重新融入社区的努力，最终可能导致累犯率上升。文中还讨论了未来研究的方向以及对实践和政策评估的启示。
