Sex Offender Resources


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Fact Sheets, Talking Points and Position Papers

NACDL Sex Offender Task Force Policy Report (Feb. 24, 2007)

Iowa County Attorneys Association: Statement on Sex Offender Residency Restrictions in Iowa (January 2006)


Reports and Powerpoints

Carey, Corinne A.: "Banishment or Facilitated Reentry: A Human Rights Perspective," Powerpoint presentation for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers conference (Nov. 17, 2005)

Center for Sex Offender Management: "Community Notification and Education" (April 2001)

Colorado Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Management: "Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living Arrangements for and Location of Sex Offenders in the Community" (March 15, 2004)

Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections of Ohio: "Ten-Year Recidivism Follow-Up Of 1989 Sex Offender Releases" (April 2001)

Human Rights Watch: "No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US," (September 2007)

Levenson, Jill S.: "Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: A Report to the Florida Legislature" (Oct. 2005)

Levenson, Jill S.: "Sexual Offenders: Risk, Recidivism and Social Policies," Powerpoint presentation (July 2006)

Minnesota Department of Corrections: "Level Three Sex Offenders: Residential Placement Issues; 2003 Report to the Legislature," Jan. 2003 (revised Feb. 2004)

Minnesota Department of Corrections: "Residential Proximity & Sex Offense Recidivism in Minnesota," April 2007

National Center on Institutions and Alternatives: "Sex Offenses: Facts, Fictions and Policy Implications" (Jan. 2006)

Washington State Institute for Public Policy: "Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators: Comparing State Laws," (March 2005)



Case Law, Briefs and Motions

Superior Court of New Jersey: G.H. v. Township of Galloway; Opinion Invalidating Residency Restriction Ordinance (February, 2007)

Southern Center for Human Rights: Wendy Whitaker, et al. v. Sonny Perdue, et al.; Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction Re: Georgia's Sex Offender Residency Restriction Law (June 21, 2006)


Law Review and Journal Articles

Jill S. Levenson, David A. D'Amora, and Andrea L. Hern, "Megan's Law and it's Impact on Community Re-Entry for Sex Offenders," Behavioral Sciences and the Law 25, 2007.

Jill S. Levenson, Yolanda N. Brannon, Timothy Fortney, and Juanita Baker, "Public Perceptions About Sex Offenders and Community Protection Policies," Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy vol 7. no. 1, 2007.

Levenson, Jill S., “Reliability of Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Criteria in Florida,” Law and Human Behavior, vol. 28, no. 4, August 2004.

Levenson, Jill S., “Sexual Predator Civil Commitment: A Comparison of Selected and Released Offenders,” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 48(6), 2004.

Levenson, Jill S., “Sex Offender Residence Restrictions,” Sex Offender Law Report, Civil Research Institute (in press).

Levenson, Jill S. and Hern, Andrea L., "Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: Unintended Consequences and Community Reentry," Justice Research and Policy vol. 9 no. 1, 2007.

Levenson, Jill S. and D'Amora, David A., "Social Policies Designed to Prevent Sexual Violence: The Emperor's New Clothes," Criminal Justice Policy Reviewvol 18. no. 2, June 2007.

Levenson, Jill S. and Cotter, Leo P., "The Impact of Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: 1,000 Feet From Danger or One Step From Absurd?, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 49(2), 2005, pp. 168-178.

Levenson, Jill S. and Cotter, Leo P., "The Effect of Megan's Law on Sex Offender Reintegration," Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, vol. 21 no. 1, February 2005, pp. 49-66.


Media Coverage
See NACDL's State Sex Offender Page for the most recent media coverage.



Links

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Contains research, policy papers, and contacts for sex offender treatment experts and researchers around the country.

Center for Sex Offender Management
A project of the Office of Justice Programs, US Dept. of Justice. Contains a variety of resources and publications about management of sex offenders in the community.

Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
The Florida ATSA affiliate. Contains position papers, amicus briefs, and information about sex offender legislation in Florida.

NACDL’s Federal Sex Offender Legislation Page
Includes analyses, backgrounders, and sign-on letters opposing various provisions of pending sex offender legislation.

Ohio Justice and Policy Center
OJPC is working for fair-minded, progressive reforms of Ohio's criminal justice system. OJPC is involved in a number of lawsuits challenging the state's sex offender residency restrictions.

Sentencing Law and Policy Blog
Excellent coverage of sex offender sentencing issues by Profs. Douglas A. Berman and William B. Saxbe of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law.

Washington State Institute for Public Policy
The public policy research agency for the Washington state legislature. The website has a number of research papers on sex offender policy.




National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
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