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December 2000
Sex Offender Community Notification: Assessing the Impact in Wisconsin
Publisher(s):The authors confirm that community notification efforts protect and inform residents, thereby serving the purpose that policymakers intended, but at the cost of increased public anxiety, hindered reintegration of offenders into society, and increased labor burdens on service providers. In documenting community resident responses and expectations, Zevits and Farkas acknowledge the need to educate the public about what notification laws can and cannot accomplish.
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November 2000
OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Co-Occurence of Delinquency and Other Problem Behaviors
Publisher(s):This bulletin discusses findings that indicate preventing delinquency requires identification of risk factors that increase the likelihood of delinquent behavior and protective factors that enhance positive behaviors.
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October 2000
The Collaborative Approach to Sex Offender Management
Publisher(s):It also describes how jurisdictions can promote shared responsibility among key policymakers and practitioners for decision-making on offender management issues.
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April 2000
Public Opinion and the Criminal Justice System: Building Support for Sex Offender Management Programs
Publisher(s):It will address three areas of interest: why the public's perspective is important; how leadership in different states has benefited from studies of public opinion about crime and criminal justice issues; and why it is essential that the criminal justice system view the public as a partner rather than an adversary or simply a group of consumers.
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March 2000
Children's Advocacy Centers in Indian Country
Publisher(s):The booklet discusses CAC's model in developing a proven response to child abuse by creating a multidisciplinary team approach that coordinates the key services involved in the investigation, prosecution, and treatment&of child abuse cases. It concludes by encouraging tribal communities in the developmental stages to consider the CAC's model as an appropriate response to child abuse.
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January 2000
The Impact of Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
This article examines the dynamics of police-perpetrated domestic violence and how it impacts the victim, the department, and the community. It explores how a police officer's training and professional life contribute to his arsenal of techniques and tactics of abuse.
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January 2000
Community Supervision of the Sex Offender: An Overview of Current and Promising Practices
Publisher(s):The purpose of this brief is to provide an overview and discussion of emerging practices and lessons in communities across the country in the management of sex offenders under community supervision.
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January 2000
Offender Risk Assessment
Publisher(s):While there are many different methods of risk assessment, they tend to fall into two broad categories: clinical and actuarial (Milner & Campbell, 1995; Grubin, 1999). Clinical prediction requires the observation of an offender by a psychiatrists or a psychologist; clinicians assess risk based on their professional training, theoretical knowledge and experience with offenders.
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October 1999
Investing in Girls: A 21st Century Strategy
Publisher(s):This document is comprised of several articles on issues related to girls in the juvenile justice system including ways 'at-risk' girls continue to be misunderstood and underserved.
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September 1999
OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Family Disruption and Delinquency
Publisher(s):This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Youth Development Series, which presents findings from the Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency. This bulletin discusses findings that indicate the composition of families is one aspect of family life that is consistently associated with delinquency.
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June 1999
Blind Reporting of Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This article discusses a process that allows victims of sexual violence to file anonymous or confidential reports (being labeled as blind reports).
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January 1999
Sex Offender Registration: Policy Overview and Comprehensive Practices
Publisher(s):This brief is intended to inform citizens, state and local leaders, and criminal justice professionals about the policy issues related to sex offender registration, and to describe current sex offender registration practices around the country.