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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
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.

Date Published: January 1, 2010