Bartels Lorana, Gelb Karen, Spiranovic Caroline, Warner Kate, Roberts Lynne, Davis Julia
Centre for Social Research Methods, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Canberra Law School, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2020 Sep 11;28(4):560-575. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1805813. eCollection 2021.
This article presents data from questions about sex offender registration orders in a large national survey on Australian public opinion about adult sex offenders. It outlines the legislative frameworks that govern these registers in Australia and discusses the use of public registers, the research on the effectiveness of sex offender registers, and Australian attitudes to such registers. Our surveys of three cohorts of members of the Australian public reveal strong public support for sex offender registers, especially for cases involving child victims. However, there was also support for judicial discretion in the imposition of orders and reduced support for automatic registration where a non-custodial sentence is imposed. The Australian Government has recently announced the establishment of a national public sex offender register, but our findings show limited support for this approach. The implications for policy and practice are considered.
本文展示了在一项关于澳大利亚公众对成年性犯罪者看法的大型全国性调查中，有关性犯罪者登记令问题的数据。它概述了澳大利亚管理这些登记册的立法框架，并讨论了公众登记册的使用、性犯罪者登记册有效性的研究以及澳大利亚对这类登记册的态度。我们对三组澳大利亚公众成员的调查显示，公众对性犯罪者登记册给予了大力支持，尤其是在涉及儿童受害者的案件中。然而，对于下达命令时的司法自由裁量权也存在支持，并且在判处非监禁刑罚时，对自动登记的支持有所减少。澳大利亚政府最近宣布建立一个全国性的公共性犯罪者登记册，但我们的调查结果显示对这种做法的支持有限。文中还考虑了对政策和实践的影响。
