Assessing the Practical and Monetary Efficacy of New Jersey's Megan's Law, 1972-2007

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The study investigated New Jersey's Megan's Law and its specific deterrence effect on re-offending, including the level of general and sexual offense recidivism, the nature of sexual re-offenses, and time to first re-arrest for sexual and non-sexual re-offenses (i.e., community tenure). Data were collected on 550 sexual offenders released during the years 1990 to 2000.

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Assessing the Practical and Monetary Efficacy of New Jersey's Megan's Law, 1972-2007 Unknown ICPSR26401.v1 Open resource

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