Incarceration and Recidivism among Sexual Offenders
Law and Human Behavior, Volume 31, Number 3 / June, 2007, Pages 305-318
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Kevin L. Nunes, Philip Firestone, Audrey F. Wexler, Tamara L. Jensen and John M. Bradford
"Risk for sexual recidivism was assessed with a modified version of the Rapid Risk Assessment for Sexual Offense Recidivism. There was no evidence that the relationship between incarceration and recidivism was confounded or moderated by risk or that length of incarceration and recidivism were non-linearly associated. Sentencing sexual offenders to terms of incarceration appears to have little, if any, impact on sexual and violent recidivism following release."