Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws - An Empirical Evaluation

List of contents

Preface; 1. Origins and Evolution Wayne A. Logan; 2. Variations in the Structure and Operation of SORN Systems Andrew J. Harris and Scott M. Walfield; 3. Registries and Registrants: Research on the Composition of Registries Alissa R. Ackerman; 4. Law Enforcement and SORN Richard Tewksbury and Kristen Zgoba; 5. The Public and SORN Laws Lisa L. Sample; 6. The Ancillary Consequenvces of SORN Kelly Socia; 7. Offenders and SORN Laws J.J. Prescott and Amanda Agan; 8. Integrating the Etiology of Sexual Offending into Evidence-Based Policy and Practices Jill S. Levenson; 9. Junvenile Registration and Notification: Failed Policeis That Must End Elizazeth J. Letourneau; Conclusion.

Summary

This volume is the first book-length treatment of how sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws work, who they cover, and what we know about their effects. Assembling research from leading experts, the book is a critically important resource for policy makers, researchers, journalists, judges, and legal advocates.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY WAYNE LOGA, Wayne Prescott Logan
• Assisted by: Wayne Logan (Editor), Wayne A. Logan (Editor), J. J. Prescott (Editor), J.J. Prescott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108420020
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42002-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, REFERENCE / Research, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, Criminal justice law, Research methods: general, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Research methods / methodology