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Sex Offender Registration: Policy Overview and Comprehensive Practices

Registration laws, which require offenders to give their addresses and other identifying information to local law enforcement or state agency, are used to increase public safety by making sex offenders more visible to law enforcement and the public. "This document compares state registration statutes and identifies promising and comprehensive practices in use throughout the country (p.1)." Contents include: introduction; background; goals of registration; federal requirements; registration process; which sex offenders are required to register; law enforcement and state official's role in registration; sex offender registration databases; registration challenges; promising approaches to sex offender registration, and conclusion. Accession Number: 015907

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