“…Generally, research indicates the public is supportive of sex offender management policies (Comartin, Kernsmith, & Kernsmith, 2009;Levenson, Brannon, Fortney, & Baker, 2007;Schiavone & Jeglic, 2009), but mixed support exists for the same policies among professionals interacting or supervising sex offenders (Levenson, Fortney, & Baker, 2010;Malesky & Keim, 2001;Mustaine, Tewksbury, & Payne, 2015;Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2012Tewksbury, Mustaine, & Payne, 2011). Due to the mixed support among professionals, the current study seeks to advance the knowledge among this population in two ways.…”