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Unique Challenges of Reentry for Convicted Sex Offenders

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Managing sex offenders within communities is a daunting task, given the nature of this type of criminal offending. This chapter highlights the important aspects of the sex offending literature, with a focus on reentry efforts for sex offenders. Obstacles and consequences of sex offending are provided, along with significant management strategies that communities have attempted to address sex offending and sex offenders. This chapter reviews the major models of sex offender management and prospects and barriers to their implementation. It is concluded that there is no one type of sex offender and no one best method to manage sex offenders in the community. Instead, sex offending, like other criminal offending, must be understood as diverse and dynamic, and as such, there must be a comprehensive and eclectic approach to successfully managing sex offenders in the community.

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