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Tag: Research

Current Issues

New study being done

July 17, 2019May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Melissa Grady, and I am a faculty member at the Catholic University of America’s National Catholic School of Social Service. I along with my colleague Jill Levenson, professor at Barry University in Florida, are conducting
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New study shows sexual offense recidivism rates lower than previous estimates

May 30, 2019May 12, 2023NARSOLGood News, Research

By Maynard Law Office; reprinted with permission . . . Recently, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report entitled, “Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow Up (2005-2014).” “Notwithstanding the sensationalist headline (“three times as likely”), the statistics reported
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Advocacy, Current Issues

New study examines the effect of labels: The importance of “people-first” language

April 16, 2019May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By Giulia Lowe and Gwenda Willis The present study examined the effect of offense-based labels on community members’ willingness to volunteer with people convicted for varying offenses and any priming effect of labeling language. Participants (N = 310) were randomly assigned to
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Florida’s artificially inflated sexual offense registry: More federal funds for the state?

March 3, 2019May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By Steve Yoder . . . It was the kind of headline guaranteed to generate clicks even over the winter holidays and amid a federal government shutdown: “Number of Sex Offenders Living in Florida Is Growing,” warned the Associated Press. In December, the Florida legislative
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“We’re using child abuse to treat child-on-child sexual abuse”

November 20, 2018May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg . . . Seth (not his real name) describes himself as an outcast as a child. “I was the fat kid with glasses that got picked on ever since first grade,” said Seth, now 40, who grew up in New
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Washington’s McNeil Island – Civil Commitment Center

October 5, 2018May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By Emily Gillespie… A small island in the state of Washington houses a group of unlikely residents: they are all men the state considers its most dangerous sex offenders. McNeil Island, nestled in Puget Sound, is unpopulated except for the 214 people
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Characteristics of sexual offenders

September 7, 2018May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By ATSA The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is an international organization that stresses sound research and data-driven information in the prevention of sexual abuse.   Fact 1: There is no specific type of person who commits sexual abuse. People who
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“Fearless” validated as important and valuable

June 27, 2018May 12, 2023Brenda JonesNARSOL Original, Research

By Brenda . . . We were excited to see our own evaluation and expectations of our Fearless support group project confirmed in a genuine academic study! Authors Lisa L. Sample, Brooke N. Cooley, and Tusty ten Bensel recently published “Beyond Circles
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Sex Offender Recidivism Fact Based Research Statistics

May 21, 2018May 12, 2023NARSOLResearch

By AVNet News . . . This is a very thorough and well documented discussion of why the general opinion of sex offender re-offense is that it is high and then an equally thorough and well documented elaboration showing it is not.
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Researchers explore sex trafficking myths

April 20, 2018May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLResearch

By Jenny Heineman and Brooke Wagner . . . As they crack down on sex workers and pass outrageous new laws, our politicians and moral crusaders make some bold claims: Hundreds of thousands of children are at risk of sex trafficking is one oft-cited
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