Research on sex offenders in Utah has been completed by four primary sources: The Utah Women and Leadership Project led by Dr. Susan Madsen as part of her faculty position at Utah State University, the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ), the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC), and from students and staff at the Utah Criminal Justice Center, University of Utah with Lawrence L. Bench, Ph.D in the Departments of Sociology and Public Administration. These articles are research material written with the focus on the state of Utah.
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"Child Sexual Abuse: What Utahns Need To Know." Utah Women Stats Research Snapshot, No. 56, April 3, 2025
"Child Sexual Abuse: Research Summary." NO. 11, January 17, 2024
"Child Sexual Abuse Statistics." February 22, 2022.
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"Sex Offender Research Brief." July 2020.
"Sex Offender Treatment in Utah." October 2015.
"Justice Reinvestment Report," November 2014
Christine Mitchell, Ph.D CCJJ, Mike Haddon, UDC, Julie Christenson, UDC, Cliff Butter, UDC. "Recidivism of Utah Sex Offenders Released in 2001." June 20, 2007.
"Sex Offender Treatment and Recidivism in Utah." January 31, 2007.
"Sex Offender Treatment in Utah." October 2006.
Richard Oldroyd, Ph.D. and Michael Haddon, M.P.A. from CCJJ, Christine Mitchell, Ph.D. and Cliff Butter from UDC. "Analysis of Utah’s Child Kidnaping and Sexual Abuse Act of 1983 2nd Edition." May 1995.
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"Comprehensive Plan For Juvenile Sex Offenders," November, 1990.
"The Utah Report on Juvenile Sex Offenders." March 1989.
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Anna Daines Supervised by David Carter University of Utah. "Sex Offenders in Utah: Are the Policies Effective? Have Legislators Found the Right Balance?" July 8, 2024.
Amos N. Guiora University of Utah. "Sea of Destruction: Legal and Social Forces Enabling Sexual Abuse of Children." February, 2022.
Bench, Lawrence L., & Allen, Terry. (2013). Assessing Sex Offender Recidivism Using Multiple Measures: A Longitudinal Analysis.. The Prison Journal (Volume 93, December 2013, pp. 411 - 428).
Christian M. Sarver, M.S.W. Jennifer K. Molloy, M.S.W. Robert P. Butters, Ph.D.. "Utah Cost of Crime Sex Offender Treatment (Adults): Technical Report" December 2012.
Welch, Teresa & Newton, Samuel. (November 2011). The History and Problems of Utah’s Sex Offender Registry: Why a Move From a Conviction-Based to a Risk-Assessment Approach Better Protects Children. Criminal law bulletin. 47.
Bench, L. L., & Allen, T. (2011). A logistic analysis of factors that predict sex offender recidivism. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), Handbook of sex offender treatment (pp. 1-16). Kingston: Civic Research Institute.
Enniss, Brittany (2008) "Quickly Assuaging Public Fear: How the Well-Intended Adam Walsh Act Led to Unintended Consequences," Utah Law Review: Vol. 2008: No. 2, Article 9.
Tanana, M.J., Wilson, S., Prospero, M. & Van Vleet, R. "Utah Sentence Inflation," July 1 2008.
Mull, David F. (2001) "Interpreting Utah's Sex Offender Registration Requirements After Femedeer v. Haun," Utah Law Review: Vol. 2001: No. 3, Article 7.
Bench, L. L., Kramer, S. P., & Erickson, S. (1997). A discriminant analysis of predictive factors in sex offender recidivism. In B. K. Schwartz & H. R. Cellini (Eds.), The sex offender: New insights, treatment innovations, and legal developments (Vol. ll, pp. 1-15). Kingston: Civic Research Institute.
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