Doctoral Dissertation Research: No Good Place: Community Responses to States' Crime Control Policies

本研究考察了性暴力掠夺者（svp）在加州社区的安置情况，以了解社区对性犯罪者反应的变化，更广泛地说，了解当地环境如何影响官方和非官方对犯罪的反应。该研究考虑了当地政府官员、执法机构和居民之间现在和过去的关系如何影响社区成员对性犯罪者的反应，以及社区之间反应的差异。为了回答这些问题，本研究使用了档案分析和对最近经历过高级副总裁安置的五个社区的居民和官员的深入访谈。该项目将有助于了解当地控制犯罪的政治动态，包括在公众普遍不信任政府的情况下，居民和官员如何协商控制犯罪的责任，根据社区中已经发挥作用的社会控制的独特组合，实现公共安全的正式和非正式战略，以及在实现公共安全的共同目标时权利的意义。在地方层面上探讨这些问题不仅会扩大对犯罪控制政治的理解，而且还将有助于讨论如何在规范性犯罪者释放的政策中平衡社区和刑事司法问题。为了为社区成员、政策制定者和刑事司法工作者提供一个基础，共同解决性犯罪者重返社会和更广泛的犯罪控制问题，这项研究将通过学术期刊、向学术界和性犯罪者从业者发表演讲，以及参与加州通过犯罪进行可视化治理研究合作来传播。

This research examines the placement of sexually violent predators (SVPs) in California communities in order to understand variations in community responses to sex offenders, and, more broadly, to understand how local circumstances shape official and unofficial responses to crime. The research considers how current and past relationships between local government officials, law enforcement agencies, and residents shape community members' responses when a sex offender moves in, and what accounts for differences in responses between communities. To answer these questions, this research uses archival analyses and in-depth interviews with residents and officials in five communities that have recently experienced SVP placements. This project will contribute to understanding the dynamics of the local politics of crime control, including how residents and officials negotiate responsibilities for crime control given general public distrust of government, formal and informal strategies for achieving public safety in light of the unique mixtures of social control already at work in communities, and the meaning of rights when working toward the shared goal of public safety. Exploring these issues at a local level will not only expand understanding of the politics of crime control, but will also contribute to discussions about how to balance community and criminal justice concerns in policies that regulate sex offender releases. To provide a foundation for community members, policymakers, and criminal justice workers to work together in addressing sex offender reintegration and broader crime control issues, this research will be disseminated through academic journals, presentations to academics and sex-offender practitioners, and participation in the Visualizing Governing through Crime in California research collaborative.