Justice Center
Recent
"Sex Offenders in the Alaska Juvenile Justice System" by André B. Rosay and Ronald S. Everett (2010).
"Sex Offender Registries and Notification Programs" by Deborah Periman (2009).
"UAA Research on Violence Against Women" by André B. Rosay (2009). (Powerpoint slide presentation.)
Reports
Mapping Sex Offender Addresses: The Utility of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry As a Research Data Base by Richard W. Curtis, Maurice Godwin, Robert H. Langworthy, and N. E. Schafer (2001).
Sex Offender Treatment Program: Initial Recidivism Study by Anthony M. Mander, Martin E. Atrops, Allan R. Barnes, and Roseanne Munafo (1996). (Executive summary only; full report available from Alaska Department of Corrections.)
Sex Offender Treatment Program: Preliminary Description by Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage (1995).
Sex Offender Treatment Project: Literature Review by Allan R. Barnes, Melanie Baca, Melody Dix, Shelly Flahr, Cathy Gaal, Max Whitaker, Samantha Moeglein, and Nicol Morgheim (1994).
Articles
Alaska Justice Forum
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman (2008).
"Sex Offenders in the Alaska Juvenile Justice System" by André B. Rosay and Ronald S. Everett (2010).
"Sex Offender Treatment Program" (1996).
Justice Center Working Papers
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman (2008).
Justice Center Research Overview
"Sex Offender Registries and Notification Programs" by Deborah Periman (2009).
Projects
- The Impact of Untreated Sex Offenders on the Prison Population in Alaska: A Study of Risk Level and Amenability (JC 9914). Robert H. Langworthy. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1998-1999.
- Sex Offender Treatment Program (JC 9419, 9510, 9602). Allan R. Barnes. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1995-1997.
Alaska
Statewide
- Alaska Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registry. Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Publications
Use of Recidivism Rates by State Agencies: Recidivism Rates for Alaska Sex Offenders by Alaska Division of Legislative Audit. Juneau, AK: Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, 9 Mar 2007.
National
Sex offender registration
- Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act. Search for Title XVII, Crimes Against Children. This act is part of H.R. 3355, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, enacted as Public Law 103-322 (09/13/94). It mandated that each state create a very narrowly drawn specific program to register sex offenders, with a compliance date of September 30, 1997. The law is named after a 10-year-old boy abducted by an unknown gunman in 1989. Its amendments include Megan's Law (1996), the Pam Lynchner Sex Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996, the Jacob Wetterling Improvements Act (1997), and Jennifer's Law (1998).
- Megan's
Law. H.R. 2137, enacted as Pub.L. 104-105 (05/17/96), this amendment
to the Wetterling Act is a community notification law requiring the
release of relevant information to protect the public from sexually
violent offenders.
Publications
"No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the U.S." by Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch 19(4(G)) (Sep 2007).
"Sex Offender Registries As a Tool for Public Safety: Views From Registered Offenders" by Richard Tewksbury. Western Criminology Review 7(1): 1-8 (Jan 2006).
International
Canada
- Correctional Service of Canada. Includes several publications on sex offenders and sex offender treatment; see its Sex Offenders publications and its periodical Forum on Corrections Research.
