@article{ref1,
title="Examining the correlates of sex offender residence restriction violation rates",
journal="Journal of quantitative criminology",
year="2017",
author="Rydberg, Jason and Grommon, Eric and Huebner, Beth M. and Pleggenkuhle, Breanne",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="347-369",
abstract="OBJECTIVES This research examines the contribution of social ecological factors to the variation in sex offender residence restriction (SORR) violation rates, operationalized as a sex offender residing within a buffer zone around a school or a day care.<br><br>METHODS Drawing on data from two Midwestern states, we utilize a quasi-experimental cohort-control group design to examine the correlates of county-level SORR violation rates among a cohort of post-SORR sex offender parolees, and three counterfactual cohorts (pre-SORR sex offenders, pre- and post-SORR non-sex offender parolees). We model the violation rate using a series of fractional logit regressions, examining the contribution of housing market, environmental justice, and system resource variables.<br><br>RESULTS We observe that county-level variation in post-SORR sex offender violation rates is directly associated with concentrated disadvantage and the density of residence restrictions. The direct effect of concentrated disadvantage was unique to the post-SORR sex offender cohort. Model predictions suggest that the relationship between SORR density and concentrated disadvantage varies across the study states.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that factors found to be associated with sex offender clustering (i.e., housing market characteristics) are not associated with SORR violation rates. Instead, this research suggests a model which allows for the simultaneous influence of environmental justice and system resource effects. Future research on the mechanisms underlying these effects is warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-4518",
doi="10.1007/s10940-016-9303-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10940-016-9303-z"
}