Considering specialization/versatility as an unintended collateral consequence of SORN |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of South Florida, Department of Criminology, 4202 East Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, USA;2. New Jersey Department of Corrections, Research & Evaluation, Trenton, NJ 08625, USA;3. Fayetteville State University, Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville, NC 28301, USA;4. University of Louisville, Department of Justice Administration, 204 Brigman Hall, Louisville, KY 40292, USA;1. Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB;2. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB;3. Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB;1. School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University, The Curzon Building, 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD, UK;2. School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK;3. Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON, Canada L1H 7K4 |
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| Abstract: | PurposeEmpirical studies examining specialization/versatility among offenders have long been an area of interest among criminologists. This same focus has only relatively recently been directed toward sex offenders.MethodsUtilize matched random samples of male sex offenders released from prison pre- and post-Sex Offender Registration and Notification (SORN) in the state of New Jersey with eight years of follow-up for measuring recidivism.ResultsVarious specialization thresholds and individualized diversity index (D) scores disaggregated by recidivism offense type (e.g., violent, property, drug, and sex offenses) suggest that these sex offenders were more diverse than specialized. Furthermore, Tobit regression analysis revealed that alcohol problems, being a rapist, being a prior violent offender, and recidivism offense frequency significantly predicted versatility compared with being married and being a prior property offender, which were inversely related to versatility. Finally, sex offenders who were released from prison post-SORN demonstrated a higher level of specialization than sex offenders who were released from prison pre-SORN, yet their tendency toward specialization was almost exclusively a function of drug offenses not sex offenses.ConclusionsSORN policy implications and directions for future research are discussed. |
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