RT Article
T1 Parole Board Members’ Views of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 37
IS 3
SP 413
OP 431
A1 Tewksbury, Richard
A2 Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764199804
AB Little is known about how criminal justice officials perceive fairness, efficacy or scope of sex offender registration and community notification procedures, despite their importance in implementing such policies. There is also scant literature regarding parole board members and their attitudes or approaches to their work. This study addresses both issues by examining the attitudes and beliefs regarding sex offender registration and community notification among members of state parole boards. Using a survey methodology, including the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale (Church, Wakeman, Miller, Clements, & Sun, 2008 ), parole board members are shown to hold moderate views of the importance of such practices and to frequently question the efficacy and scope of registration and community notification. Additionally, the CATSO is shown to not be of assistance for understanding the views of parole board members.
K1 Public perceptions
K1 Parole Board
K1 Sex offender registration
DO 10.1007/s12103-011-9119-1