Additional Research on the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration

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Researchers in the following studies are finding results that are consistent with those in New Jersey:

• The Influence of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws in the United States (pdf, 19 pages), Arkansas Crime Information Center.
• Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior?, Social Science Research Network.
• Megan’s Law and its Impact on Community Re-Entry for Sex Offenders (pdf, 16 pages), Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
• Does a Watched Pot Boil? A Time-series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.