Journal article
Sex Offenders, Residence Restrictions, Housing, and Urban Morphology: A Review and Synthesis
Cityscape (Washington, D.C.), Vol.13(3), pp.7-31
01 Jan 2011
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Abstract
Although residence restrictions for convicted sex offenders are widely enforced in the United States, these policies remain controversial. Most restrictions are defined geographically, prohibiting convicted offenders from establishing a permanent residence within a prescribed distance from sensitive facilities like schools, parks, and bus stops. Proponents argue that residence restrictions protect families and children from sexual violence, but others argue that these policies can produce a variety of unintended social, economic, and geographic outcomes, such as reducing available housing, forcing offenders to cluster in socially disenfranchised neighborhoods, limiting access to rehabilitation facilities, and generating spillover effects to nearby communities. This article provides an overview of sex offender laws in the United States and synthesizes the literature pertaining to sex offender policies and their geographic implications for housing availability and affordability. This article also addresses the effects of urban morphology on sex offender policies and outcomes, and it ends with an agenda for future research.
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- Title
- Sex Offenders, Residence Restrictions, Housing, and Urban Morphology: A Review and Synthesis
- Creators
- Tony H. Grubesic - Drexel UniversityAlan T. Murray - Arizona State UniversityElizabeth A. Mack - Arizona State University
- Publication Details
- Cityscape (Washington, D.C.), Vol.13(3), pp.7-31
- Publisher
- Us Dept Housing & Urban Development, Office Policy Development & Research
- Number of pages
- 25
- Grant note
- 0924001; 0922737 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Identifiers
- 991019357773804721
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