Whitting Laura, Day Andrew, Powell Martine
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Dec 1;24(3):339-355. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1247606. eCollection 2017.
In 2012, one Australian state became the first jurisdiction in Australasia to introduce a scheme that allows information about registered sex offenders to be released to the public. This study seeks to better understand the impact of the scheme from the perspective of the police. An analysis of interviews with police officers responsible for the administration of the scheme is supplemented with an analysis of official data relevant to its implementation. The results provide little evidence that the concerns voiced by the police about the introduction of community notification have been realised. There is no consistent view that it has significantly increased the workload of the police responsible for its management, impacted adversely on offenders' psychological well-being, led to vigilantism or resulted in offenders' non-compliance with reporting obligations. The findings of this study may usefully inform the development of policy and practice in places that are considering introducing similar policies.
2012年，澳大利亚的一个州成为澳大拉西亚首个引入一项计划的司法管辖区，该计划允许向公众公布已登记性犯罪者的信息。本研究旨在从警方的角度更好地理解该计划的影响。对负责该计划管理的警官进行访谈的分析，辅之以对与其实施相关的官方数据的分析。结果几乎没有证据表明警方对引入社区通报所表达的担忧已经成为现实。对于该计划是否显著增加了负责管理的警察的工作量、对犯罪者的心理健康产生了不利影响、导致了治安维持会行为或导致犯罪者不遵守报告义务，没有一致的看法。本研究的结果可能有助于为正在考虑引入类似政策的地方的政策制定和实践提供参考。
