Association for the Treatment for Sexual Abusers (ATSA) and Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM) have both found that residency restrictions and child safety zones are ineffective at reducing sex crime and may actually lead to increased chances of re-offense. I am not permitted to post links here, but this information is easy to find on both websites. What is Scotville doing to prevent sex crime towards children? According to the US Dept of Justice, 93-95% of children who are sexually abused are victimized by someone they know who has never been convicted of a sex crime, therefore not on any registry and not affected by sex crime legislation. USDOJ as well as almost every state in the country have found recidivism rates for convicted sex offenders to be extremely low, between 3.5 - 8.5%. These laws target a (relative) very small population, who are perhaps the least likely to harm a child. How effective can these measures possibly be if they ignore 95% of current and future sex crime victims?