Education

B.S. 2005, Management Information Systems, Rochester Institute of Technology

Sexual Offenders, Sex Offender Registries, and Residency Restrictions

Socia, Kelly M. and Stamatel, Janet P.* “Assumptions and evidence behind sex offender laws: Registration, community notification, and residency restrictions.” Under Review

Socia, Kelly M. and Stamatel, Janet P.* “Neighborhood Characteristics and the Social Control of Registered Sex Offenders.” Under Review

Freeman, Naomi J., Sandler, Jeffrey C., and Socia, Kelly M. (2009). A Time-Series Analysis on the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification on Plea Bargaining Rates. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society. In Press.

Sandler, Jeffrey C., Naomi J. Freeman and Kelly M. Socia. (2008). Does a Watched Pot Boil: A Time-Series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 14(4), p. 284-302.

Socia, Kelly M. (2008). Spam in The Encyclopedia of Cyber Crime . (McQuade, S. C., ed.) Greenwood Press.

Socia, Kelly M. and McCarthy, Kevin J. (2008). Internet Addiction in The Encyclopedia of Cyber Crime. (McQuade, S. C., ed.) Greenwood Press.

Newman, Graeme R., with the assistance of Kelly Socia. (2007). Sting Operations. Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Response Guide No. 6. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

* Denotes authors contributing equally to publication, listed in alphabetical order.

Socia, Kelly M., and Janet P. Stamatel. “Neighborhood and Spatial Dynamics of Registered Sex Offenders' Addresses. ” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, November 2008.

Socia, Kelly M., and Janet P. Stamatel. “Social Disorganization, Collective Efficacy, and the Distribution of Registered Sex Offenders in Chicago, Illinois. ” Graduate Student Research Symposium, Temple University, May 2008.

Sandler, Jeffrey C., Naomi J. Freeman and Kelly M. Socia. “A Time-Series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law.” American Psychology - Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL, March 2008 (Winner of 2008 AP-LS Student Travel Award).

Socia, Kelly M., and Janet P. Stamatel. “Social Disorganization, Collective Efficacy, and the Distribution of Registered Sex Offenders in Chicago, Illinois. ” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2007.