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60 Crime & Delinquency 3 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/cadq60 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Crime & Delinquency 2014,Vol.60(1) 3-33 @The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: 0Offenders ifl sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1 177/0011128712443179 the United States: cad.sagepub.com Behind the Numbers OSAGE Andrew J. Harris', Jill S. Levenson2, and Alissa R. Ackerman3 Abstract Although sex offender registration and notification policies have occupied an increasingly prominent place on state and federal crime control agendas, much policy discourse has occurred amid a dearth of reliable and relevant national data.This article presents the results of a study designed to broaden knowledge about the registered sex offender (RSO) population and the content of the nation's sex offender registries. The authors analyze state- level RSO populations across several dimensions, including levels of public Inter- net disclosure, RSO residential status, supervision status, and assigned risk levels. Findings suggest significant interstate variation across these dimen- sions, and indicate that the nation's RSO population is considerably more diverse and complex than commonly portrayed in the media and in policy debates. Implications for federal and state policies aimed at reforming the nation's sex offender registries are discussed. Keywords sex offenders in United States, sex offender registration, Adam Walsh Act, sex offender policy 'University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA 2Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL, USA 3University ofWashington Tacoma, USA Corresponding Author: Andrew J. Harris, Department of Criminal justice & Criminology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 870 Broadway Street, No.225, Lowell, MA 0 1854, USA. Email: Andrew harris@uml.edu

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