NCJ Number
207554
Date Published
April 2001
Length
136 pages
Annotation
This report profiles the State, local, tribal, and other "Resource Sites" of the Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM), a national project that supports State, local, and tribal jurisdictions in the effective management of sex offenders under community supervision.
Abstract
The Resource Sites were established to document and promote lessons from communities across the country that have demonstrated, through collaboration among criminal justice and health system agencies, that they can manage sex offenders in such a way that public safety is increased. The CSOM is assisting these sites in advancing their practices through the exploration of new initiatives, information sharing, training, and technical assistance. CSOM is also inventorying, documenting, and analyzing the accomplishments of the sites and making these lessons available to other jurisdictions. The Resource-Site case studies presented in this report are based on in-depth interviews with members of the Resource Site teams, as well as input from CSOM staff and consultants who are working with the sites. The case studies generally present the sites' descriptions of their current practices, challenges, and goals for the future. Case studies of State Resource Sites are from Colorado, Massachusetts, and Utah. The 11 local Resources Sites encompass counties and cities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, and Washington. The three tribal sites are the Navajo Nation in Tuba City, AZ; the Assiniboine Sioux tribes at Fort Peck, MT, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of SD. Additional Resource Sites are the National Institute for the Study, Prevention, and Treatment of Sexual Trauma at Johns Hopkins University and the Wisconsin Sex Offender Treatment Network. The case studies indicate that although there are variations in sex offender management approaches used by the Resource Sites, the majority of local sites use special conditions of supervision and specific treatment techniques for sex offenders.