COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION LAWS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SEX OFFENDERS
COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION LAWS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SEX OFFENDERS
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2009
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Orona, Stephanie J.
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The goal of this research project was to determine the general deterrent nature of sex offender registries and community notification laws and if there are ways of assessing sexual offenders in order to predict sexual re-offense. This researcher selected to do research on this topic because the prevention of sexual violence 1s exceptionally important, given the undeniable harm that sex offenses cause to victims and the fear that they initiate in communities. A review of a variety of literature and a variety of studies was analyzed in order to support and/or reject the hypotheses. A review of the studies indicates that the laws have no statistically significant effect on recidivism and deterrence. A majority of the studies analyzed specifically reported that the differences in recidivism in the studies’ samples that were compared were not found to be statistically significant. This researcher was not able to accept or reject hypothesis one based on the conflicting Chi Square Probability, P value that was generated. Based on the Chi Square Probability, P value < .0001 of hypotheses two and three this researcher was able to demonstrate that a statistically significant relationship exists between the variables, therefore rejecting the null hypotheses.