Articles and Studies Containing Research

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKKXwwqhLZbVWKLPHWCNXnvbpwNWNmDzcWdpjXbbMhhrplWKXBkxnzWhsnxkQjFlqNTG?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Federal Sentencing of CP Non-Production Offenses, United States Sentencing Commission, June 2021 (The sexual recidivism rate for all non-production child pornography offenders was 4.3% three years after release from incarceration or the commencement of probation — page 65. The data used was for offenders sentenced for the 15-year period between fiscal years 2005 to 2019 — Page 16.)

Entrapment/Stings

https://theappeal.org/online-child-sex-stings-protect-act/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/magazine/sex-offender-operation-net-nanny.html

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/how-law-enforcement-turns-law-abiding-men-into-sexual-predators/67-236499759

Halloween

20-09-Halloween-2020.pdf (narsol.org)

Sexual Abuse: Halloween and sexual abuse prevention: The mythical “Halloween effect” (atsa.com)

Halloween: When Sex Offenders Are the Scariest Ghosts | Psychology Today

Sexual Abuse: Halloween & Sex Crime: Myth vs. Reality (atsa.com)

Manufacturing Fear: Halloween Laws for Sex Offenders | HuffPost

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1079063209340143

https://patch.com/washington/kirkland/8-sex-offenders-kirkland-2020-safety-map

Low-Risk Registrants Do Not Need Monitoring

https://medium.com/@zilneyl/will-sex-offense-registry-changes-be-part-of-criminal-justice-reform-6c3c897c367a

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238060.pdf

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/rethinking-sex-offender-registries

http://www.icjia.state.il.us/assets/articles/SOTF_report_final_12292017.pdf

Punitive

Video at casomb.org

https://zilneyl.medium.com/will-sex-offense-registry-changes-be-part-of-criminal-justice-reform-6c3c897c367a

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/rethinking-sex-offender-registries

http://www.icjia.state.il.us/assets/articles/SOTF_report_final_12292017.pdf

https://zilneyl.medium.com/guilt-by-association-labeling-research-based-policy-suggestions-as-pro-offender-24ac52bcba07

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://bostonbarjournal.com/2014/10/07/risky-policies-how-effective-are-restrictions-on-sex-offenders-in-reducing-reoffending/

https://reason.com/2017/09/06/for-sex-offenders-registration-is-punish/

https://theappeal.org/why-sex-offender-registries-keep-growing-even-as-sexual-violence-rates-fall/

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/floridas-sex-offenders-are-getting-older-but-nursing-homes-dont-want-them/67-3523a40b-03a3-4a55-8b62-3872a75cf74f

https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1014&context=themis

Registries Do Not Work

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laquana-Askew/publication/318734591_Time-Series_Analyses_of_the_Impact_of_Sex_Offender_Registration_and_Notification_Law_Implementation_and_Subsequent_Modifications_on_Rates_of_Sexual_Offenses/links/63fd59dc0d98a97717c17674/Time-Series-Analyses-of-the-Impact-of-Sex-Offender-Registration-and-Notification-Law-Implementation-and-Subsequent-Modifications-on-Rates-of-Sexual-Offenses.pdf?origin=publication_detail

“Time-Series Analyses of the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law Implementation and Subsequent Modification on Rates of Sexual Offenses” (Page 1: Using data from a large metropolitan area in Texas over the time period 1977 to 2012, and employing a number of time-series analyses, the impact of the initial SORN implementation and two enhancements to the law were examined. Results reveal no effect of SORN, or its subsequent modifications, on all sexual offenses or any of the several specific offenses’ measures (e.g., crimes by repeat offenders). Pages 25-26: A growing number of studies suggest that the implementation of SORN requirements has had little relationship to rates of sexual offending over time. The current results, in conjunction with much of the existing research on SORN laws, suggest that these requirements alone may do little to combat the problems posed by sexual offenders in the community.)

https://news.yahoo.com/experts-say-sex-offender-registries-dont-work-can-they-be-fixed-215957631.html

The Sexual Psychopath Laws (northwestern.edu) See pages 547-548 (Research from 1950 showing that the low sexual recidivism rates existed long before the registry came along)

https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-effectiveness-of-Sex-Offender-Registration-and-Notification-A-meta-analysis-of-25-years-of-findings.pdf

https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2022/01/10/tenn-ag-defies-experts-opposing-changes-sex-offender-registry/9121101002/

https://zilneyl.medium.com/will-sex-offense-registry-changes-be-part-of-criminal-justice-reform-6c3c897c367a

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/231989.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51850800_Failure_to_Register_as_a_Predictor_of_Sex_Offense_Recidivism_The_Big_Bad_Wolf_or_a_Red_Herring

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/protecting-children-sexual-abuse/201908/sex-offender-registries

https://theconversation.com/sex-offender-registries-dont-prevent-re-offending-and-vigilante-justice-is-real-109573

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://medium.com/@zilneyl/will-sex-offense-registry-changes-be-part-of-criminal-justice-reform-6c3c897c367a

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238060.pdf

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/rethinking-sex-offender-registries

https://theappeal.org/why-sex-offender-registries-keep-growing-even-as-sexual-violence-rates-fall/

https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/may/15/ex-offender-registries-common-sense-or-nonsense/

https://bostonbarjournal.com/2014/10/07/risky-policies-how-effective-are-restrictions-on-sex-offenders-in-reducing-reoffending/

Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offender Registries?

American Law Institute Adopts Revisions to Model Penal Code That Include Major Changes to Sex Offender Registries

Residency Restrictions Do Not Work

https://www.ci.new-prague.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7BAD7ECB62-2C5E-4BA0-8F19-1426026AFA3E%7D/uploads/MnATSA-Residency-Restrictions-2016.pdf

https://medium.com/@zilneyl/will-sex-offense-registry-changes-be-part-of-criminal-justice-reform-6c3c897c367a

https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=jlsj

https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2012/02/jill-levenson-sexoffenders-residency/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/jlsj/vol36/iss2/5/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304990286_Grand_Challenges_Social_Justice_and_the_Need_for_Evidence-based_Sex_Offender_Registry_Reform, page 22

https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/CFS/sex-offender-housing-restrictions

https://www.dpscs.state.md.us/onlineservs/sor/frequently_asked_questions.shtml, see question 15

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128712449230

Residency Restrictions Promote Homelessness

https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/african_american_studies/about/news/2019/offender.php

http://www.icjia.state.il.us/assets/articles/SOTF_report_final_12292017.pdf

https://shadowproof.com/2020/11/02/sex-offense-registry-sweeps-intended-to-boost-support-for-cops-unwittingly-spread-covid-19/

Where for Art Thou? Transient Sex Offenders and Residence Restrictions – Jill Levenson, Alissa R. Ackerman, Kelly M. Socia, Andrew J. Harris, 2015 (sagepub.com)

Sex Offender Registration (floridaactioncommittee.org), pages 25 and 26

Sexual Recidivism Rates

The Sexual Psychopath Laws (northwestern.edu) See pages 547-548 (Research from 1950 showing that the low sexual recidivism rates existed long before the registry came along)

State by State Recidivism Studies by NARSOL

Video at casomb.org

https://youtu.be/Hnf3bmoPLx4 , Karl Hanson, 23 min: 20 sec, January 2021, lifetime sexual recidivism rates

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820068/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261069441_High-Risk_Sex_Offenders_May_Not_Be_High_Risk_Forever

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorsp9yfu0514.pdf (7.7 % of released inmates whose most serious offense was rape or sexual assault committed a new sex crime during their 9 years of release from prison in 2005.)

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/law-law0000135.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/supreme-court-repeat-sex-offenders.html

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/sex-offender-bans-are-based-on-bad-science.html

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238060.pdf

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/rethinking-sex-offender-registries

https://theappeal.org/why-sex-offender-registries-keep-growing-even-as-sexual-violence-rates-fall/

https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/may/15/ex-offender-registries-common-sense-or-nonsense/

https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/21/sex-offender-registry-harm-good/

https://bostonbarjournal.com/2014/10/07/risky-policies-how-effective-are-restrictions-on-sex-offenders-in-reducing-reoffending/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304990286_Grand_Challenges_Social_Justice_and_the_Need_for_Evidence-based_Sex_Offender_Registry_Reform, page 14