"Sexual
offending has a significant impact on victims and can cause
considerable angst within the community. The effective management of sex
offenders in the community is of paramount importance.
This
paper reviews the latest empirical evidence from Australia and overseas
regarding the effectiveness of public and non-public sex offender
registries. Results show that while public sex offender registries may
have a small general deterrent effect on first time offenders, they do
not reduce recidivism. Further, despite having strong public support,
they appear to have little effect on levels of fear in the community.
While
the evidence is limited to a small number of US studies, non-public sex
offender registries do appear to reduce reoffending by assisting law
enforcement."
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