Desistence - Mitigation Aide https://mitigationaide.com Evidence Based Psychological Profiles of Criminality Mon, 03 Jul 2023 21:11:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Does Sex Offender Risk Decrease Over Time? https://mitigationaide.com/does-sex-offender-risk-decrease-over-time/ https://mitigationaide.com/does-sex-offender-risk-decrease-over-time/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:55:53 +0000 https://mitigationaide.com/?p=384 Evaluating a study that shows sex offender risk of recidivism post release and how it relates to sentence mitigation, aggravation, and public policy.

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Table of Contents
Overview
Summary
Implications for Public Policy
Implications for Mitigation
Implications for Aggravation
Reference

Overview

Evaluating a study that shows sex offender risk of recidivism for 7,225 individuals post release for up to 25 years and how it relates to sentence mitigation, aggravation, and public policy.

Summary

In 2018 Hanson, Harris, Letourneau, Helmus and Thornton published an article in Psychology, Public Policy and Law that sought to empirically address the assumption made both by the public and policy makers that a person convicted of a sexual offense remains a high risk to the community over time. 

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