TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Percentage of Named Offenders on the Registry at the Time of the Assault: Reports From Sexual Assault Survivors
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Craun, Sarah W.
A1  - Simmons, Catherine A.
A1  - Reeves, Kristen
SP  - 1374
EP  - 1382
VL  - 17
IS  - 11
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801211428604
ID  - ref1
ER  -