NJ - Sex Offenders - Recidivism and Collateral Consequences (March 2012)

Abstract:
This report examines the efficacy of sex offender registration and notification (SORN) through its influence on sex offender recidivism and collateral consequences. The first study examines the recidivism rates of two samples of sex offenders, those released prior to SORN and a sample released under SORN in New Jersey. It asks whether or not there are distinct risk profiles among sex offenders with regard to their recidivism trajectories, and if these profiles are similar or different for sex offenders pre- and post- SORN. Additional analyses also include an examination of the influence of demographics, substance abuse, mental health issues, treatment history, sex offense incident characteristics, and criminal history on recidivism trajectories. The second study looks at whether the recidivism trajectories post-prison release for post-SORN sex offenders are similar to or different from the recidivism trajectories post-prison release for post-SORN non-sex offenders who are released from prison via parole. It also specifically focuses on whether or not a series of collateral consequences are experienced similarly or differently among these post-SORN sex and post-SORN non-sex offender parolees.

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NJ - Stillwater murder suspect (Clark T. Fredericks and Robert Reynolds) told police that victim was a child molester

Original Article

06/27/2012

By Daniel Fitzsimmons

STILLWATER — Clark T. Fredericks, who was arrested on June 13 for the murder of Stillwater resident [name withheld], told police that [name withheld] "got what was coming to him" and that he was a "child molester for years," according to his arrest affidavit obtained by The Sparta Independent.

According to the affidavit, Fredericks, 46, of Stillwater, and Robert Reynolds, 47, of Mansfield, drove to [name withheld]'s house in Stillwater armed with knives on the night of June 12. Reynolds said that the two entered [name withheld]'s house and that Fredericks "immediately began stabbing [name withheld] with a knife." Reynolds said he ran out of the house and began backing his vehicle down the driveway before it got stuck. Fredericks came out of the house and helped free the vehicle, after which the two drove to Fredericks' house in Stillwater. Reynolds told police that Fredericks removed his clothing and hid both knives. Reynolds then drove to his house in Mansfield where he power-washed the car they used.

Police also spoke with Fredericks' mother, Joan, who told them that her son came home around 2 a.m. on June 13 with cuts on his hands and blood on his clothes. She said she tried to get him to go to a hospital but he refused, took some sleeping pills, and went to bed.

Police were alerted when Joan Fredericks called Franklin counselor Diane Howe and told her that she believed her son may have hurt or killed someone the night before. Howe then called State Police and asked them to do a well-being check on [name withheld]. She later spoke with Fredericks' sister, who said she believed her brother may have hurt or killed [name withheld].

When troopers arrived at the residence they found [name withheld] dead, with a slash wound to his neck and several stab wounds to his torso.

According to the affidavit, Joan Fredericks told police that Reynolds was also involved.

Fredericks was charged with first-degree homicide and is being represented by Newton attorney Daniel M. Perez.

Reynolds was charged with first-degree complicity/murder, first-degree conspiracy/murder and fourth-degree evidence tampering. He is being represented by John Vazquez of Critchley, Kinum and Vazquez in Roseland.

According to [name withheld]'s obituary, he was a lifelong resident of Sussex County and graduated from Newton High School in 1962. He was an Army veteran and worked for the Sussex County Sheriff's Office for 28 years, retiring as a senior lieutenant.