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24 • Justice Research and Policy <br />amination of the maps, we identified 36 areas where a number of child sex <br />offenders were living in close proximity to one or more potential targets—areas <br />where there appeared to be a higher concentration of child sex offenders, or <br />where the physical relationship between child sex offenders and targets seemed <br />to be abnormal. <br />Figure 2 details one of the 36 areas identified as containing a concentration <br />of child sex offenders in close proximity to potential targets. The map has two <br />particular areas of interest. The first is in the upper right-hand corner, where <br />there were twelve child sex offenders living within a few blocks of four day cares <br />and a park. Also interesting is the area in the map’s center, which shows a close <br />interspersing of sex offenders around a number of day cares, schools, and parks. <br />In one of these cases, three child sex offenders lived within five blocks of a school, <br />day care, and park, and one of the sex offenders lived on the same block as the <br />park and only two blocks from a school and day care. The three sex offenders <br />essentially surrounded one day care, and one of the sex offenders lived on the <br />same block as a day care. Only a short distance away, three other child sex of- <br />fenders surrounded another day care, and in another place, one child sex of- <br />fender lived one block away and between a school and a day care. <br />N <br />0 0.3 0.6 <br />Miles <br />Daycares <br />Offenders <br />Parks <br />Schools <br />*Figure 2 <br />Pulaski County Sex Offenders - Cluster of Offenders and Targets