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Sex Offender Laws in New Jersey & New York Both Ineffective

By Corey Rayburnyung

A recent study (which I cite in my new article) published in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law claims that New York's Sex Offender Registration act had no effect. According to the study, over 95% of all sex offenses (as determined by arrests) are committed by first time sex offenders. From the abstract:Despite the fact that the federal and many state governments have enacted registration and community notification laws as a means to better protect communities from sexual offending, limited empirical research has been conducted to examine the impact of such legislation on public safety. Therefore, utilizing time-series analyses, this study examined differences in sexual offense arrest rates before and after the enactment of New York State's Sex Offender Registration Act...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).