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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 8 of 10 <br />by agents who supervise offenders. Again, no evidence points to any effect on offense rates of <br />school proximity residential restrictions. Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues, <br />2003 Report to the Legislature, Minnesota Department of Corrections <br />R. Since blanket proximity restrictions on residential locations of level three offenders do not <br />enhance community safety, the current offender-by-offender restrictions should be retained. <br />Proximity restrictions, based on circumstances on an individual offender, serve as a valuable <br />supervision tool… Most of these supervision proximity restrictions address the issue of the <br />offender associating or interacting with children or minors, rather than where the offender resides. <br />Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues, 2003 Report to the Legislature, Minnesota <br />Department of Corrections <br />S. A significant number of offenders have married or have been reunited with their victims; and, in <br />those cases, the residency restriction is imposed on the victims as well as the offenders. Iowa <br />County Attorneys Association… <br />T. A tight web of supervision, treatment and surveillance may be more important in maintaining <br />community safety than where a sex offender resides. Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living <br />Arrangements for and Location of Sex Offenders in the Community; Colorado Department of Public <br />Safety, Division of Criminal justice, Sex Offender Management Board.” <br />11) Tennen, E. (2014) Risky Policies: How Effective Are Restrictions on Sex Offenders in Reducing Reoffending? <br />Boston Bar Journal, 58, 4, http://bostonbarjournal.com/?s=tennen%2C+e <br />12) http://texasvoices.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Residency_Restrictions_Packet1.pdf <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Rick Weinberger is a licensed psychologist, a Clinical Member of ATSA, and at the time of this writing, <br />the Inpatient Clinical Director at Alpha Human Services, www.alphaservices.org. Much appreciation <br />to the Minnesota Sex Offender and Reentry Project (MNSORP) for their help in writing this paper. <br />www.mnsorp.org <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Accepted by the MnATSA Education & Public Policy Committee, approved by the MnATSA Board of Directors, © MnATSA – March, 2016 <br />Revised Addendum: April 2017 • February 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />ATSA is an international, non-profit, interdisciplinary organization, with nearly 3,000 clinicians, <br />scientists, and allied professional members. ATSA is dedicated to the prevention of sexual abuse <br />through the advancement of research, professional knowledge, best practices, and support for <br />public education. MnATSA is the state chapter of ATSA. <br /> <br />This is one in a series of educational papers written by MnATSA colleagues to provide <br />research, facts, and information to help educate the public and inform policymakers. <br />Jon Brandt, MSW, LICSW - Editor <br />www.atsa.com www.mnatsa.org <br /> <br />