Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Policies for Reducing Sexual Violence Against Women, Final Report

• NCJ Number: 231989
• Date Published: January 2010
• Length: 77 pages
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

This study determined whether comprehensive sex offender registration and community notification policies in South Carolina have reduced sexual reoffending or deterred sex offenses, and it examined whether unintended effects of such registration/notification policies have occurred.

Abstract

This report presents results of a study on the effectiveness of one state’s sex offender registration and notification policy in reducing sexual violence.