Exploring Public Awareness and Attitudes about Sex Offender Management: Findings from a National Public Opinion Poll
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 05, 2011
ANNOTATION: Results are provided from a national opinion poll “that was designed to further insights into public awareness and perceptions” regarding sex offender management (p. 1). Findings include: primary source of public knowledge and information about sex offenders; perceptions about the relative risk of stranger-perpetrated sex offenses against children; assumptions about reoffending among sex offenders; opinions about factors influencing sex offender-specific policy development; perceived effectiveness of common sex offender management policies and practices; and attitudes about sex offenders management policies in relation to research findings.
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