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Probation & Parole - Probation - Sex Offenders

  • broadcast cover for Effective Supervision of Adult Sex Offenders in the Community [Videoconference Held February 9, 2000]

    Effective Supervision of Adult Sex Offenders in the Community [Videoconference held February 9, 2000]

    The goal of this videoconference is to enhance the ability of probation and parole agency staff (line officers, supervisors, and policymakers/administrators) to supervise sex offenders in the community more effectively. Topics addressed include:

    • Overview of sex offenders and their victims;
    • The victim-centered approach to sex offender supervision;
    • The role of collaboration in a comprehensive approach to supervision;
    • The containment approach to supervision;
    • Sex offender treatment in the context of community supervision;
    • The use of the polygraph as a supervision and...

  • SOTIPS: Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale

    SOTIPS: Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale

    “The Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS) is a statistically-derived dynamic measure designed to aid clinicians, correctional caseworkers, and probation and parole officers in assessing risk, treatment and supervision needs, and progress among adult males who have been convicted of one or more qualifying sexual offenses and committed at least one of these sexual offenses after their 18th birthday ... SOTIPS item scores are intended to reflect an individual's relative treatment and supervision needs on each risk factor...

  • document cover for The Reentry of Adults Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A National Survey of Reentry Professionals

    The Reentry of Adults Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A National Survey of Reentry Professionals

    Results are presented from "a national survey of stakeholders invested in the successful reentry of adults convicted of sexual offenses ... The survey findings reveal variability regarding the extent to which respondents’ beliefs about various sex offender-related matters align with current research." Findings are provided for: applied reentry strategies; understanding relevant research about recidivism, risk factors, principles of effective correctional intervention, sex offender-specific risk assessment tools, longer sentences, community supervision, violations of post-release conditions, community supports, sex offense-specific treatment, residence...

  • The cover of best practices in the assessment treatment and risk management of persons who have sexually offended

    Best Practices in the Assessment, Treatment, and Risk Management of Persons Who Have Sexually Offended

    The assessment, treatment, and risk management of persons who have sexually offended is of considerable interest to a wide variety of stakeholder groups, including legislators and policymakers, court and law enforcement personnel, corrections and community supervision staff, mental health clinicians, victim advocates, and the community-at-large, among others. Many of these stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding the potential for sexual recidivism and other harms posed by offenders released to the community. As a consequence, most jurisdictions have enacted legislative frameworks to...

  • Appeals Court Strikes Down Stringent Sex-Offender Probation Conditions (2016)

    Charles Murray was sentenced to 95 months' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, and as part of that sentence was required to fulfill "various special conditions of supervised release that, for example, require(d) him to register as a sex offender and to submit to unannounced searches of his computer," according to the decision.

  • Nevada Department of Public Safety - Parole and Probation - Sex Offender Conditions of Supervision

    A portion of sex offenders are actively being supervised by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Division of Parole and Probation. Such offenders are being supervised while on probation, parole, or lifetime supervision. Nevada law has defined those conditions that a sex offender must follow while on probation. Though the conditions for parole or lifetime supervision differ slightly, the bulk of these conditions are imposed for the majority of sex offenders under supervision.

  • State of Colorado Judicial Department - Additional Conditions of Probation for Adult Sex Offenders

    The defendant will be supervised by the probation officer and will comply with the following Additional Conditions of probation until further order of the court...