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In 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which introduced new sex offender registration standards for all 50 states, 5 U.S. territories (Am. Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the District of Columbia, and certain Indian tribes. SORNA established the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office) to determine if these jurisdictions have substantially implemented the law, and to assist them in doing so. None of the jurisdictions met the July 2009 deadline, so the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) authorized two 1-year extensions. This report addresses: (1) To what extent has the SMART Office determined that jurisdictions have substantially implemented SORNA, and what challenges, if any, have jurisdictions faced? (2) For jurisdictions that have substantially implemented SORNA, what are the reported effects that the act has had on public safety, criminal justice stakeholders, and registered sex offenders? Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
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