This 2009 Survey is the ninth survey of sexual abuser treatment programs and models
conducted by the Safer Society Foundation (SSF). It reports on data collected from programs …

The effectiveness of sex offender treatment programs continues to generate misinformation
and disagreement. Some literature reviews conclude that treatment does not reduce …

What is intelligence-led policing? Who came up with the idea? Where did it come from? How
does it relate to other policing paradigms? What distinguishes an intelligence-led approach …

Whereas there is a common assumption that most individuals with a criminal record can be
eventually reintegrated into the community, the public has different expectations for sexual …

Particularly over the past two decades, the terms sex offender and juvenile sex offender
(JSO) have attained increasingly common usage in media and public policy discourse …

With the possible exception of terrorists, sex offenders in the United States experience a
greater degree of punishment and restriction than any other offender group, nonviolent or …

There has been considerable research on relative predictive accuracy (ie, discrimination) in
offender risk assessment (eg, Are high-risk offenders more likely to reoffend than low-risk …

Community notification, known as “Megan's Law,” provides the public with information about
known sex offenders in an effort to assist parents and potential victims to protect themselves …

Ex-offenders face barriers to community reintegration including negative attitudes held by
members of the public. This meta-analysis summarizes the extant research on the correlates …

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 …