“It’s really clear that all of the evidence and all of the data shows that most sex offenses are committed by first-time offenders,” said Emily Horowitz, professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Francis College. “For whatever reason, people who are on the registry have a very low recidivism rate, and if one is really concerned about decreasing sex offenses, they kind of have to look elsewhere instead of people who have already been convicted of sex offenses.”

Read the article by Joshua Vaughn in The Sentinel.

Posted by rbchatelle on Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 8:58PM
Categories: Sex Offender Issues

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