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 treatment tool;
• Assessment of sex offenders;
• Presentence investigations (PSI) of sex offenders;
• Case/planning/maintaining the case file;
• Case work in various settings;
• And responding to violations.