Background There is consensus in child sexual abuse (CSA) literature that intrafamilial child
sexual abuse (IFCSA) has a tremendous impact on children and families while …

Research Summary We examine citizen decision‐making in the context of providing access
to safe housing to different noncriminal and criminal populations. More than 4,000 national …

The transience of registered sex offenders (RSOs) is a major impediment to reentry success,
particularly because it has been linked to increased absconding and recidivism, and thus …

In this paper we seek to assess the effects of the neighborhood context on sex offenders'
perceptions of their neighbor's willingness to support them upon release. We also examine …

In 1993 National Public Radio (NPR) reporter David Isay arrived in the South Side of
Chicago with a remarkable idea. His mission was to find two kids growing up in public …

In this study, we examine the influences of citizen decision making in the context of four
policy scenarios that would affect the living conditions of sex offenders (SOs) residing at an …

This study examined whether sex offender residence restriction policies were associated
with the clustering of registered sex offender (RSO) residences in 3,056 upstate New York …

Previous research has explored the impact of faith and religion on recidivism. However, it
focused primarily on violent offenders, drug users, tax evaders, and so on. Missing is an …

Sex offender residence restrictions (SORRs) have been widely implemented across the
United States since the 1990s. A common concern regarding the implementation of SORRs …

Despite the accumulated evidence for the environmental correlates of physical activity,
social processes underlying this association are not entirely clear. This study positions …