The Effects of Failure to Register on Sex Offender Recidivism

Duwe, Grant; Donnay, William

doi:10.1177/0093854810364106

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“…The lack of significant findings for race, on the other hand, may be attributable to the relatively small sample size as well as the type of sample used in this study. Prior research on Minnesota prisoners has found that race is significantly associated with recidivism (Duwe, 2010;Duwe & Donnay, 2010;Duwe & Kerschner, 2008). However, because the majority of offenders in this study were from Hennepin and Ramsey counties, which have larger minority populations than the rest of the state, roughly 70% of the offenders examined here were minorities, a substantially higher percentage that that usually found among Minnesota prisoners (about 45%).…”

Section: The Impact Of Mcorp On Community Services and Programmingmentioning

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Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment

Duwe¹

2012

Justice Quarterly

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Using a randomized experimental design, this study evaluated the effectiveness of the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP), an offender reentry pilot project implemented in 2008. In an effort to reduce recidivism, MCORP attempted to increase offender access to community services and programming by producing greater case management collaboration between caseworkers in prison and supervision agents in the community. The results showed that MCORP significantly improved employment rates, decreased homelessness, broadened offenders' systems of social support, and increased the extent to which offenders participated in community support programming (mentoring, restorative justice services, and faith-based programming). The findings further revealed that MCORP significantly reduced all three types of reoffending (rearrest, reconviction, and new offense reincarcerations) but did not have a significant impact on supervision revocations for technical violations. The evidence suggests that MCORP was effective in decreasing reoffending largely because it increased the extent to which offenders were employed, involved in community support programming, and able to develop systems of social support.

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Section: The Impact Of Mcorp On Community Services and Programmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment

Duwe¹

2012

Justice Quarterly

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“…A third way researchers attempt to measure recidivism is by gauging the extent to which individuals fail to register (FTR) with the police as sex offenders. Although FTR as a sex offender may not predict future sexual offending (Duwe & Donnay, 2010;Levenson, Letourneau, Armstrong, & Zgoba, 2010;Zgoba & Levenson, 2012), it has been found to predict general recidivism (Washington State Institute for Public Policy, 2006) and may tap into the antisocial or rule-breaking component of sexual offending (Levenson et al, 2010). It is therefore important that failure to report as a sex offender also be considered an outcome potentially predicted by the PICTS.…”

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Predicting Recidivism in Sex Offenders With the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS)

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Casbon³

2014

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) was capable of predicting recidivism in 322 male sex offenders released from prison-based sex offender programs in a Midwestern state. The Static-99R and PICTS General Criminal Thinking (GCT), Reactive (R), and Entitlement (En) scores all correlated significantly with general recidivism, the Static-99R correlated significantly with violent recidivism, and the Static-99R score and PICTS GCT, Proactive (P), and En scores correlated significantly with failure to register as a sex offender (FTR) recidivism. Area under the curve effect size estimates varied from small to large, and Cox regression analyses revealed that the PICTS En score achieved incremental validity relative to the Static-99R in predicting general recidivism and the PICTS GCT, P, and En scores achieved incremental validity relative to the Static-99R in predicting FTR recidivism. It is speculated that the PICTS in general and the En scale in particular may have utility in risk management and treatment planning for sex offenders by virtue of their focus on antisocial thinking.

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“…In general, empirical data from Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and South Carolina have not supported the hypothesis that sex offenders who fail to register are more sexually dangerous than their compliant counterparts (Duwe & Donnay, 2010;Levenson, Letourneau, Armstrong, & Zgoba, 2010;Levenson, Sandler, & Freeman, 2012;Zgoba & Levenson, 2012). Common findings across studies suggest that FTR is not significantly associated with sexual recidivism, though it is associated with nonsexual recidivism, and that FTR occurs in combination with a history of prior crimes and versatility in criminal offending.…”

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Catch Me If You Can

2013

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The presumed dangers presented by sex offenders who have absconded from authorities have played a prominent role in public discourse surrounding state and federal sex offender management policy. The current study is the first to empirically investigate the characteristics of absconded sex offenders and explore how this group compares to other groups of sex offenders. Utilizing data from the Florida sex offender registry (N = 23,557), this exploratory study compares the characteristics and risk factors of absconders with those of compliant and noncompliant (nonabsconding) registrants as well as with those with convictions for failure to register (FTR). Absconders, as a group, were less likely than compliant registrants to be listed as predators, and less likely than both compliants and noncompliants to have a minor victim or to be a repeat sex offender. Absconders were also least likely to have a prior FTR conviction, but those with a previous FTR conviction were more likely to abscond from registration than probation. The findings fail to support the hypothesis that fugitive sex offenders are more sexually dangerous (especially to children), and suggest a multitude of explanations for absconding.

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The Effects of Failure to Register on Sex Offender Recidivism

Cited by 44 publications

References 18 publications

Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment

Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment

Predicting Recidivism in Sex Offenders With the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS)

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