A local organization who serves registered sex offenders has asked the county commission to lease one of the properties to create housing for their clients. One of the commissioners has contacted the county  manager’s office, where you work, concerned about sex offender clusters and whether creating centralized housing for this population will result in one of these clusters. As a researcher for the county, you have been asked to create a presentation for the county council for their next meeting about sex offender clusters. Specifically, you are to:
Determine if sex offender clusters actually exist.
What are the consequences of having large numbers of registered sex offenders who live in the same, centralized community?
What if anything can be done to prevent sex offender clusters from developing (assuming they do exist)?