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Utah Research Center

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. 

Utah Women and Leadership Project

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Utah Women and Leadership Project

"Child Sexual Abuse: What Utahns Need To Know." Utah Women Stats Research Snapshot, No. 56, April 3, 2025

Utah Women and Leadership Project

"Child Sexual Abuse: Research Summary."  NO. 11, January 17, 2024

Utah Women and Leadership Project

"Child Sexual Abuse Statistics." February 22, 2022.


Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

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Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

"Sex Offender Research Brief." July 2020.

Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

"Predicting New Criminal Convictions while on Parole: The Role of Offense Type." March 2019.

Report to the Utah Legislature, Office of the Legislative Auditor General

"A Performance Audit of the Sex Offender Treatment Program." April 2017.

Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice & Utah Department of Corre

"Sex Offender Treatment in Utah." October 2015.

Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice & Utah Department of Corre

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. 

Utah Department of Corrections

"Sex Offender Treatment and Recidivism in Utah." January 31, 2007.

Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice & Utah Department of Corre

"Sex Offender Treatment in Utah." October 2006.

Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice & Utah Department of Corre

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.


University of Utah Research

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University of Utah Capstone Project

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.

SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Amos N. Guiora University of Utah. "Sea of Destruction: Legal and Social Forces Enabling Sexual Abuse of Children." February, 2022.

The Prison Journal, Pennsylvania Prison Society Academy of Criminal Justice

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).

Utah Criminal Justice Center, University of Utah

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.

Criminal Law Bulletin

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. 

Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment

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.

Sex Offender: New Insights, Treatment Innovations and Legal Developments

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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