In the latest (and first) issue of Crime Mapping: A Journal of Research and Practice, authors Tasha Youstin and Matt Nobles examine the effect of sex offender residency restriction laws over time. Their findings are interesting. First, they assuage fears that such laws are causing sex offenders to move into large clusters, especially into clusters around populations with a high number of children. But, at the same time, they point out that sex offenders are being dispersed across a larger population. In addition, they point out that their findings indicate that large numbers of sex offenders are simply ignoring the residency laws and that current enforcement of those laws may need improvement.

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