October 2010:Forward:
Concern about sex offenders and their behavior is understandably a topic of great public interest. Numerous public policy proposals target the management of sex offenders in prisons and in communities post‐release. Recent examples of such proposals include, but are not limited to, enhanced sanctions for convicted and repeat sex offenders, civil commitment for predatory sex offenders, the development of sex offender registries, and the use of advanced technology to monitor sex offenders and residency restrictions.1 Unfortunately, the quality and extent of the body of knowledge concerning sex offender behavior has not kept pace with either the sophistication or potential cost of some of these proposed policies.
The purpose of this report is to shed light on trends in sex offending and the recidivism of sex offenders in Maine, by replicating the methods of Bureau of Justice Statistics special report, Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994. That study followed prisoners released from prison in 15 states during 1994 over a three year period, examining their patterns of incarceration. This report seeks to replicate, to the degree possible, the analysis and resulting data tables for sex offenders released from Maine’s state prisons over a five year period, from 2004‐2008.
This report also examines sex offenders admitted to probation from 2004‐2007. The rationale for this inclusion is that offenders under community correctional supervision are a population of special interest, and that determining the progress of a group which had been subjected to supervision in the community might also have important policy implications. Each group was followed for a period of three years to identify re‐incarcerations.
Funding for this report is provided by BJS to the Maine Statistical Analysis Center, located at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service. Any points of view or opinions stated are those of the report author and do not necessarily represent the opinion or official position of BJS.
..For the remainder of this report.. by USM Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Statistical Analysis Center
1 comment:
First thing is sexual offenses can be defined only related to the natural and acceptable sexual lifestyle which is an essential thing of the society.
This stupid hypocrisy is too much now.
Intelligent and sensitive people must get together and re investigate about the real sexuality. And reveal the hypocrisy which is a real painful thing to the society.
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