NIPF
Releases New Data
on America's Sex Offender Registries
OHIO
RANKED NUMBER 1 IN 3 OUT OF 4 CATEGORIES
Tougher
Legislation and Community Notification Standards Needed
NIPF's
comprehensive study, Annual Survey of States:
Sex Offender Notification and Verification in America,
and subsequent ranking of 50 States and the District of
Columbia sheds light on the wide variances of legislation
and procedures utilized across the country. The study
examines state legislation as well as community notification,
efficiency, accuracy and content of registry data.
Our methodology included
extensive review of State legislation on sex offender
registries and programs as well as data obtained by online
research and prior published studies. Telephone interviews
with program directors and staff were also conducted.
The criteria and information gathered reflects a wide
range of data, from the diversity of actions mandated
by statutes and where responsibility lies to enact them
to the information included in registries. We also gave
great weight to the timeliness and methods of information
transfer from county to state, as well as the accuracy
of information shared. The content of registries was measured,
looking at markers such as DNA and vehicular information
to the frequency of mandated updates to the data.
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