Does Sex Offender Risk Decrease Over Time?
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| Overview |
| Summary |
| Implications for Public Policy |
| Implications for Mitigation |
| Implications for Aggravation |
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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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