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1	Sex Offender Research in Iowa A presentation to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Justice Research and Statistics Association October 12, 2007
2	Sex Offender Research in Iowa Sex Offender Recidivism The Nature of Sex Offenses The Impact of Residency Restrictions
3	Recidivism of Violent Offenders Released from Iowa Prisons, FY1996, FY1998, and FY2000 Any New Arrest, by Release Offense Type
4	Recidivism of Violent Offenders Released from Iowa Prisons, FY1996, FY1998, and FY2000 Arrests for Any New Sex Offense, by Release Offense and Type
5	Three-year Recidivism Rates
6	Type of Offense Resulting in Return to Prison, FY2001 Iowa Prison Releases, by Release Offense Type
7	Type of Offense Resulting in Return to Prison, FY2001 Iowa Prison Releases, by Release Offense Type
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9	The Nature of Sex Offenders and Their Victims Relationship between victim and offender Age of victims
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15	The Challenge: To educate lawmakers and the public about the true nature of sex offenses. The efforts made so far appear to have targeted the sex offenses that are stranger-to-stranger crimes (in Iowa, less than 5%).
16	"One of these new efforts..." One of these new efforts was a 2000-foot Residency Restriction for Sex Offenders with Minor Victims Passed in 2005 and implemented in September, 2005 after the courts found it constitutional
17	Impact of the 2000-foot Rule: Sex Offense Charges Filed, Dismissed, and Convictions
18	Number of offenders entering prison with child victims: First two quarters FY06:113 First two quarters FY07:114
19	One Apparent Impact: Registry Violations
20	One Universal Reaction: Opposition in the Justice System Criticisms: Offenders forced to move from stable environment Offenders out of contact with supervision Failure to attend treatment Isolation from support networks False sense of security among the public Justice system costs
21	Justice System Reaction: “The biggest issue is with the public. They don’t realize a sex offender can visit near a school or day care center… It is a warm fuzzy law that doesn’t protect our children.”
22	Justice System Reaction: “It has done nothing to protect children as the perpetrators can still visit families and friends where most of the sex offenders with child victims already know or associate with their victims.”
23	Justice System Reaction: “[Our] deputy has encountered less time for actual sex abuse investigations and other duties to deal with residency restriction issues and phone calls from concerned citizens as well as registrants themselves.”
24	Justice System Reaction: “Defendants refuse to plead guilty because they do not want to be forced to move or be subject to the residency restrictions.”
25	Justice System Reaction: “We currently have 11 offenders living in a small one story motel. Rather than a positive support network these offenders turn to each other.”
26	For a copy of the 2007 Sex Offender Task Force Report and the Legislative Monitoring Report http://www.state.ia.us/dhr/cjjp/images/pdf/SOFT%201-15-7%20Final%20Report.pdf http://www.state.ia.us/dhr/cjjp/images/pdf/Monitoring%20Report%20FY2006.pdf
27	"Or contact me directly at" Or contact me directly at: paul.stageberg@iowa.gov