Convicted Sex Offenders: Factors That Could Affect the Successful Implementation of Driver's License-Related Processes to Encourage Registration and Enhance Monitoring
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 19, 2008
ANNOTATION: Problems with successfully adopting a driver’s license screening program for sex offenders, registration needed for the issuance of a driver’s license, are described. Sections of this report include: results in brief; background; states are using a variety of driver’s license-related processes to encourage registration or provide additional monitoring of convicted sex offenders; most states surveyed report they would need to modify their information technology systems to screen individuals against sex offender databases before issuing driver’s licenses -- software modifications would be a key cost factor; key design considerations could affect the success of screening programs using driver’s license processes; concluding observations; agency comments and our evaluation; objectives, scope, and methodology; and overview of states’ processes for encouraging registration or providing additional monitoring of convicted sex offenders.