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New Sex Offender Notification Article

By Corey Rayburnyung

Mike Connelly sends word of an interesting new article, Sex Offender Community Notification and Community Stratification. From the abstract:The study articulated findings from mapping and regression analyses that suggested a greater concentration of sex offenders in disadvantaged communities than in more affluent communities. It is suggested that, to the extent that community notification allows residents of more affluent communities to mobilize resources in order to remove identified sex offenders, the geographical clustering of these offenders in areas already facing a greater risk and having fewer resources to manage the problem may increase. The work notes that community notification laws have been passed by the Federal Government and legislature of every State, and, at the very least, these laws require local law enforcement officials to publicize the personal and residential information of known sex offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).