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Cheryl Jackson-Wilson, LCSW

Assistant Probation Director

Los Angeles County of Probation

[email protected]

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Presentation Goals: Definition & Knowledge of the Sex Offender Characteristics and Sex Offender Treatment Interventions


COMMON SEX CRIMES

• MANY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS CAN BE CRIMES IN AMERICA


Too Many to Talk About!!


SEX CRIMES WITH CHILDREN


OTHER POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACTS – CONSENT?


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFENDER:

TYPICAL OFFENDER

STATIC FACTORS

DYNAMIC FACTORS


Typical Sex Offender?


What Does The Sex Offender Look Like? (US Department of Justice/Center For Sex Offender Management-Training Curriculum)

Management: Training Curriculum)


SEX OFFENSE – STATIC FACTORS (US Department of Justice/Center For Sex Offender Management-Training Curriculum)


Dynamic Sex Risk Factors(US Department of Justice/Center For Sex Offender Management-Training Curriculum)


GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS

Incidence & Prevalence of Sexual Victimization


Who Are The Victims


Victim/Offender Relationships by Age


WHO ARE THE PERPETRATORS


Convicted Sex Offenders


Recidivism Data: Sex Offense Increases Over Time


Recidivism - Sex Offense Increases Over Time


Recidivism Rates: Prior Conviction/No Prior Conviction


WHAT WORKS?

• LEGISLATION

• COMMUNITY TREATMENT

• CHEMICAL CASTRATION - PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION

• COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL APPROACH

• POLYGRAM TESTING

• COLLABORATION©2008 National Association of Social Workers. All Rights Reserved. 20

LEGISLATION


Sex Offender Laws

• MEGAN’S LAW – California Law– 1996 – Expanded Amount of Available Sex Offender Info

– 2004 – Allowed Personal Computers to View Sex Offender Info(State of California Atty. General-Megan's Law – Department of Justice)

• WETTERLING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND

SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT (United States Department of Justice – Dru Sjodin Nat’l Sex Offender Public

Website)

• 1996 - Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act (PL 104-236) – Mandates Lifetime Registration for Some Sex Offender Classifications

• (U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Justice Programs)


Other Laws

• Jessica’s Law –California State Budget, 2007-2008 - For High Risk Offenders provide Screening, Global Positioning Units, and Reduced Parole Caseloads (Office of the Governor-Arnold

Schwarzenegger The People’s Governor- Comprehensive Prison Reform -Enacting Jessica’s Law)

• AMBER ALERT – Voluntary Partnership Between Law Enforcement, Broadcasters, Transportation Agencies & Wireless Industry, to activate an Urgent Bulletin in the most Serious Child Abductions

• (U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Justice Programs)


Community Supervision Trends(US Department of Justice/Center For Sex Offender Management-Training Curriculum) Assoc. Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 2005; Becker and Murphy, 1998; Carter. Et al., 2004


Treatment Focus


Chemical Castration: Pharmacological Treatments:


Pharmacological Treatment (cont.)


COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION


COLLABORATIVE SUPERVISION

• A Unified Comprehensive Approach

• Multi-Disciplinary

• Victim Advocates: Victim Safety & Sensitivity

• County & State Agencies shared Management

• Polygram Examiners

• Evaluating, Monitoring & Accountability

• Specialized Sex Offender Training

• Consistent and Informed Policies

Cumming&McGrath, 200; Marques, Nelson, Alarcon, & Day, 2000; NAPN 1993; Pithers et al.,1989; Carter et al., 2004; English et al., 1997, 2003; CSOM


Containment & Comprehensive COLLABORATION

• Emphasis on Victim and Community Safety– Multidisciplinary Collaboration – External Supports and Controls for Relapse

Prevention• Policies and Procedures

– Define Roles & Responsibilities for Supervision Officers and other Multidisciplinary Collaborators:

–Mutual Support –Complementary Services –Clear Boundaries

CSOM; Carter, et al., 2004; English et al., 1996,2003; ATSA, 2005


COMMUNITY SUPPORT/ VOLUNTEERS:

Center Sex Offender Management, 2002b; Cumming&McGrath, 2005,; English et al., 2003; Wilson &Picheca, 2005


A Sex Offender Treatment Program in Soweto, South Africa

• Constructing Hope: a Multi-Agency Programme model for

Young Sex Offenders living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

• Dario Dosio & Douglas P. Boer1Specialized Sex Offender Court, Soweto, South Africa;

2The University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand [Sexual Offender Treatment, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 2]


SAMARI MODEL• GOAL:

• TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE MULTI-AGENCY SEX OFFENDER PROGRAM TREATMENT TO YOUNG SEX OFFENDERS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHO ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS.

• DESIGN OBJECTIVES:• TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATIVE PROGRAM

THAT INCORPORATES PROVEN MODELS

• COMBINE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION

• TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA TO FACILITATE SUCH PROGRAMMING


SAMARI MODELSo. African Multi-Agency Risk Intervention


A High Risk Collaborative Treatment Program in California, United States of

America


Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant – Enhanced Camp and Transition

Project

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California, Corrections Standards Authority,

Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Project , January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Enhanced Camp and Transition

Project, Los Angeles County Probation Department

Enhanced Camp and Transition Project (ECTP)• Goal: To provide A multi-disciplinary team approach to

reduce the number of mentally ill offenders in the juvenile halls and camps who also have high criminogenic risk factors

• Design Objectives : To provide evidence based treatment planning and intervention throughout the program utilizing:

– MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM MEMBERS FOR PROGRAM DECISION MAKING, TREATMENT PLANNING, AND SERVICE DELIVERY

– EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS WHENEVER POSSIBLE– ADD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND INCLUDE MENTAL

HEALTH ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE YOUTH BEHAVIOR AND STAFF RESPONSE

– FAMILY CENTERED COMMUNITY BASED AFTERCARE


ECTP 3 PHASE APPROACH


Comparison & Discussion:


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