So You Want to Find a Transitional House for Sexually Violent Persons: An Account of Political Failure

Authors

Stan Stojkovic, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Mary Ann Farkas, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

24 p.

Publication Date

11-2014

Publisher

Sage Publications

Source Publication

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Source ISSN

0887-4034

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1177/0887403413511633

Abstract

Many states passed legislation in the 1990s to address the problem of violent sex offenders. While academic inquiries into the nature and extent of sexual offending have revealed some interesting findings, very little is known regarding how communities address the issue of managing violent sex offenders. This account documents how the state of Wisconsin attempted to manage violent sex offenders once released from prison and civilly committed under a sexually violent person statute. It chronicles the experience of a committee charged with locating possible sites for a facility for sexual predators under supervised release to the community. In addition, this account shows the problematic nature of implementing a state statute in a large county and identifies barriers inherent to this process. The concept of political failure is introduced to describe why sex offender legislation is difficult to implement.

Comments

Accepted version. Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (November 2014): 659-682. DOI. © 2014 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Stojkovic, Stan and Farkas, Mary Ann, "So You Want to Find a Transitional House for Sexually Violent Persons: An Account of Political Failure" (2014). Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 83.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/socs_fac/83