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Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 35, No. 3, 356-374 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807311375

Not in My Neighborhood

Assessing Registered Sex Offenders' Experiences With Local Social Capital and Social Control

Keri B. Burchfield

Northern Illinois University, kburchfield{at}niu.edu

William Mingus

Northern Illinois University

Community registration laws requiring sex offenders to register with local law enforcement have become increasingly popular and increasingly restrictive in recent years. Although these laws were passed under the auspices of protecting communities from dangerous and violent sexual predators, little research has addressed their efficacy or their consequences. Building on a social capital framework that emphasizes the resources provided by local ties to family, friends, and the community, data from semistructured interviews with 23 sex offenders were analyzed to explore their experiences with local social capital while being registered and on and off of parole. Sex offenders discuss problems accessing and participating in networks of local social capital, incidents of community residential mobilization against them, and their experiences with formal barriers to social capital, including parole restrictions.

Key Words: sex offenders • social capital • social control • communities • reintegration


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