This article presents data from questions about sex offender registration orders in a large national survey on Australian public opinion about adult sex offenders. It outlines the legislative frameworks that govern these registers in Australia and discusses the use of public registers, the research on the effectiveness of sex offender registers, and Australian attitudes to such registers. Our surveys of three cohorts of members of the Australian public reveal strong public support for sex offender registers, especially for cases involving child victims. However, there was also support for judicial discretion in the imposition of orders and reduced support for automatic registration where a non-custodial sentence is imposed. The Australian Government has recently announced the establishment of a national public sex offender register, but our findings show limited support for this approach. The implications for policy and practice are considered.

本文介绍了有关澳大利亚成人性犯罪者公众舆论的大型全国性调查中有关性犯罪者登记令的问题的数据。它概述了在澳大利亚管理这些登记册的立法框架，并讨论了公共登记册的使用、对性犯罪者登记册有效性的研究以及澳大利亚对此类登记册的态度。我们对三组澳大利亚公众成员的调查显示，公众强烈支持性犯罪者登记，尤其是涉及儿童受害者的案件。然而，也有人支持下达命令时的司法自由裁量权，并在判处非监禁刑罚时减少对自动登记的支持。澳大利亚政府最近宣布建立全国公共性犯罪者登记册，但我们的研究结果表明对这种方法的支持有限。考虑了对政策和实践的影响。