Assessing Violent Recidivism in Sexual Offenders - Forensic and clinical psychologists have long been asked to make predictions about violence, despite the fact that, in the past, such predictions have been notoriously inaccurate.
Campus Crime and Victimization - Crime on college and university campuses first captured media attention in the mid-1980s and brought the issue into public view.
Community Protection Research Project: WSIPP - In 1990, the Washington State Legislature passed one of the country's most comprehensive reforms addressing community protection from sex offenders.
Female Sexual Abusers: A Theory of Loss - Awareness about female sexual abuse perpetrators has increased in recent years. The best estimates put female perpetrators of sexual abuse at about 20% for male children and 5% for female children.
John Howard Society of Alberta - Sex Offender Recidivism - Sex offenders are of grave concern to the public due to the nature of sexual offending. This information sheet is intended to provide a quick overview of the research on this topic.
Psychopathic Personality Commitment Law - Provides for indefinite civil commitment of dangerous sex offenders to the Department of Human Services for treatment.
Robert Hare, PhD - Study of Psychopaths - Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), with demonstrated reliability and validity, is rapidly being adopted worldwide as the standard instrument for researchers and clinicians.
Sex Offender Community Notification - Registration legislation is intended to deter offenders from committing new offenses and create a registry to assist law enforcement investigations.
The Sex Offender: Corrections, Treatment, and Legal Practice - These two volumes together give a complete and thorough overview of the relevant scientific and professional literature on dealing with those who commit sexual offenses. The books are organized in the manner of legal reference volumes.
Sexual Villainy: A Sex Offender Profile - This research attempted to draw a general profile of the NRV sex offender by extracting information found in the forensic files, with hope that a portrayal of the average offender would make the community aware of the hidden sexual deviancy.
Still No Takers Under Texas Castration Law - Texas become the first state in the U.S. to specifically approve surgical castration for offenders convicted of certain sex crimes.
Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse -- Later Criminal Consequences - Previous research established evidence for a cycle of violence: people who were abused and neglected in childhood are more likely than those who were not to become involved in criminal behavior, including violent crime, later in life.
