Date Presented
Spring 4-5-2017
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Criminology
First Advisor
Dr. Kim McCabe
Abstract
In the United States, it is required that all States abide by federal legislation in terms of the Sex Offender Registry. Specifically, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, it is an individual's responsibility to register if they have been convicted of a sex crime. However, not all individuals comply with this registry. This study involved the use of secondary data taken directly from Virginia's Sex Offender Registry in a retrospective design. The researcher selected three zip codes within Central Virginia and utilized the Sex Offender Registry with over 150 convicted offenders to determine general case characteristics of those offenders who failed to register and those offenders who complied with the legal requirement. Results indicated that the majority of offenders who failed to register were convicted of violent sex crimes.
Recommended Citation
Cindrick, Jordan, "An Analysis of the Sex Offender Registry: Compliant and Non Compliant Sex Offenders" (2017). Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects. 12.
https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/utcp/12