@article{ref1,
title="Assessing the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification On Sex-Offending Trajectories",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2010",
author="Tewksbury, R. and Jennings, W. G.",
volume="37",
number="5",
pages="570-582",
abstract="General public sentiment and anecdotal evidence suggests that sex offenders are highly recidivistic. Furthermore, these similar beliefs have influenced a series of recent policy and legislative changes targeting sex offenders. This study examined the impact of sex offender registration and notification (SORN) on sex offender recidivism among a cohort of Iowa prisoners released prior to SORN and a cohort of Iowa prisoners released post-SORN. Results from semiparametric group-based trajectory models demonstrated that both sex offender samples had similar trajectory groups, that is, one group of nonrecidivist sex offenders, another group of very low-rate sex recidivists, and a small high-rate group of sex recidivists. Study limitations and implications for sex offender registration and community notification systems are also discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854810363570",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854810363570"
}