Federal Probation: Volume 70 number 1 —
Many sex offenders have stable employment, a social support system of family and friends, andno previous criminal history. Some are even prominent members of their community.2 In thepast several years, the prevalence of sex offenders in the criminal justice system has increased.State legislators and Congress have instituted legislation that mandates sex offender registrationand public notification, longer prison sentences for certain sexual crimes, and stricterenforcement of existing laws.3 Despite changes in legislative and sentencing practices, mostoffenders convicted of a sex crime will eventually be supervised in the community—eitherimmediately following adjudication or shortly after completing a jail or prison sentence.
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