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Sexual Offender Residency Issues And Recidivism In South Florida, Joelle A. Lee-Silcox
Sexual Offender Residency Issues And Recidivism In South Florida, Joelle A. Lee-Silcox
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This paper explores registered sexual offender (RSO) residency restrictions, unintended consequences of these restrictions, including clustering, shared sub-culture, and recidivism within the Tri-County area of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties of Florida. While Florida Statute 775.215 (FLRR) bans RSOs from living within 1,000 feet of any school, childcare facility, park, or playground, individual county and municipal ordinances add-on to these boundaries, effectively banishing some RSOs to slivers of land in clusters. These clusters often settle in socially disorganized neighborhoods that lack informal control, needed treatment and rehabilitative services, and are located away from family and employment opportunities. Through the …
Air Pollutions Impact On Violence During The Commission Of A Crime, Erik Cruz
Air Pollutions Impact On Violence During The Commission Of A Crime, Erik Cruz
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Recent research links exposure to air pollution with elevated violent crime rates, despite there being no strong theoretical rationale for why air pollution would influence an individual’s decision to commit a crime. In contrast to prior research that used the violent crime rate as a proxy measure for aggressive behavior, this study employs the probability of a victim being physically injured during the commission of the crime to better quantify the degree of aggressive behavior exhibited by an offender. Results generated in a multilevel analysis of data drawn from 109 U.S. cities show that while carbon monoxide has little effect …