Effects of South Carolina’s sex offender registration and notification policy on deterrence of adult sex crimes

This study examined whether South Carolina's sex offender registration and notification (SORN) policy was associated with a general deterrent effect on adult sex crimes. Using adult arrest data from 1990 through 2005, trend analyses modeled the intervention effects of 1995 (the year South Carol...

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Authors: Letourneau, Elizabeth J. (Author) ; Levenson, Jill S. (Author) ; Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar (Author) ; Armstrong, Kevin S. (Author) ; Sinha, Debajyoti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2010, Volume: 37, Issue: 5, Pages: 537-552
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Keywords:
notification
Policy
Registration
Sexual Offenders