M6A1 Essay: Residency Restriction Policies and Practices

38805M6A1 Essay: Residency Restriction Policies and Practices

This activity addresses module outcome 3. Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
• MO3: Outline patterns of juvenile sex offending and responses to these offenders. (CO1, 3)
Psychological, pharmacological, relapse prevention, and behavior modification approaches to sex offender treatment have produced inconsistent, and often, disappointing results, as measured by rates of recidivism. In view of our inability to successfully modify cognition and volition relative to sexual offense perpetration, jurisdictions have turned their attention to efforts to manage, rather than treat, sex offenders.

Before beginning this activity, study the following:

Read the following:
• Socia, K. M. (2012). The efficacy of county-level sex offender residence restrictions in New York. Crime and Delinquency, 58, 612-642. doi: 10.1177/0011128712441694
View the following:
• Websites:
o Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers  (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.atsa.com/association-treatment-sexual-abusers
o Center for Sex Offender Management (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.csom.org
o Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART).  (n.d.). Office of Justice Programs. Retrieved from http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/
o National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.  (2014). Sex offender tracking. Retrieved from http://www.missingkids.com/SOTT
For this assignment, you are to research the nature, design, and legality of residency restriction policies and practices for sex offenders. In an essay of 500-600 words, prepare a well-organized examination on this topic.
1. Identify the most common features of these laws.
2. Present a thorough review of the advantages and disadvantage of SO residency restrictions on offenders, their families, and non-offending citizens.
Your sources are to be drawn from the peer-reviewed professional literature. Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style (6th edition) for writing your assignment.