TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Lifetime Criminal History of Sex Offenders Seen for Psychological Assessment in Five Decades
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Langevin, Ron
A1  - Curnoe, Suzanne
SP  - 997
EP  - 1021
VL  - 56
IS  - 7
N2  - A sample of 2,190 sex offenders seen between 1966 and 2009 was compared on lifetime sexual and all offending, using charges, convictions, court appearances, and self-report as criteria. Of these various criteria, between 47.4% and 81.1% reoffended. Canadian child abuse reporting laws, which came into effect in the 1980s, were associated with increased charges and convictions for offenders, who victimized children, and with a reduction in their longer term reoffense rates. Immigration and population mobility, use of aliases, study follow-up time, and self-reported undetected sex crimes influenced reoffense rates. Results indicate that sex offenders continued to have short prison sentences and/or spend little or no time incarcerated during the latter part of the 20th century.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X11420084
ID  - ref1
ER  -