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Sex offenders and victims • 23 <br />area or whether one area has 1.7 sex offenders per 1,000 population while another <br />has 1.5 sex offenders per 1,000 population. We believe that what is important is <br />how many child sex offenders are living within 1,000 feet of a potential target. <br />*Analyses <br />The analyses for this project were broken into three parts: The first was an ex- <br />amination of the point locations of child sex offenders and targets within the <br />county, the second was an examination of buffer areas around the potential tar- <br />gets as they related to where sex offenders lived, and the third was an examina- <br />tion of the spatial density of the relationship between the child sex offenders and <br />potential targets. <br />Point Location Analysis <br />Although the map in Figure 1 is quite crowded, it is easy to see the substan- <br />tial overlap between where child sex offenders live and the locations of potential <br />targets. Obviously, a more detailed analysis was needed. Through a visual ex- <br />*Figure 1 <br />Pulaski County Sex Offenders - Overview <br />(Portion enlarged to show detail) <br />0816Miles <br />N <br />Daycares <br />Offenders <br />Parks <br />Schools