@article{ref1,
title="Percentage of Named Offenders on the Registry at the Time of the Assault: Reports From Sexual Assault Survivors",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2011",
author="Craun, Sarah W. and Simmons, Catherine A. and Reeves, Kristen",
volume="17",
number="11",
pages="1374-1382",
abstract="Sex offender registries were designed to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and future sexual violence. This study determines the percentage of clients seen at a sexual assault agency whose attacker was on the registry at the time the attack occurred. According to case files, only 3.7% of the identified offenders could possibly have been identified as a registered sex offender at the time of the attack. While considering the limitations of this methodology, the findings highlight a significant limitation of registries and support the idea that registries cannot be relied on exclusively to prevent sexual abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801211428604",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801211428604"
}