Oregon

Technical Assistance:

Oregon Legislature (February 2006): CSOM staff provided testimony to the members of the Oregon legislature relative to adult and juvenile sex offenders, including topics such as the incidence and prevalence of sex offending, etiological considerations, typologies, risk assessment, and implications for effective management strategies in Salem, Oregon.

Oregon Sex Offender Supervision Network (November 2001): Provided CSOM staff to assist the Network with training and technical assistance regarding effective community notification practices.

Central and Eastern Oregon Juvenile Justice Consortium, Oregon (October 1999): Provided a consultant to assist the task force in designing a data collection effort to gain a comprehensive understanding of juvenile sex offenders in this ten county region.

Central and Eastern Oregon Juvenile Justice Programs and Services Division (August 1999): Conducted a site visit to determine technical assistance needs.

Training:

Conducted a training on best practices in and the components of juvenile sex offender management to a multidisciplinary audience comprised of treatment providers, supervision officers, judicial members, social services, victim advocates at the Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force Conference In Eugene, Oregon, June 2006 (350 participants).

Conducted a 90-minute presentation on sex offender treatment, current best practices, and methodology to Department of Corrections directors from all Western states in Portland, Oregon, June 2005 (20 participants).

Conducted a one-day training session on sex offender management at the request of the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors' Association to juvenile probation and parole officers from around the state; and some treatment providers and administrative staff from the Oregon Youth Authority, including their Assistant Director, September 2004 (50 participants).

Provided a consultant to conduct a training session on sex offender management with a victim-centered focus at the Oregon Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force Conference in Portland, Oregon, June 2004 (230 participants).

Provided an overview of the history of sex offender registration and community notification statutes, including current practice and applicability of these statutes for juveniles at the request of the Joint Interim Judiciary Committee, Oregon Legislature. In addition, the unique etiological considerations and sex offender management practices for juvenile sex offenders were highlighted and contrasted with adult sex offender management practices in Salem, Oregon, March 2004 (30 participants).

Provided a consultant to conduct a two-day training on the Static-99 and Stable/Acute-2000 at a statewide training for probation and parole officers and institutional staff in Salem, Oregon, October 2003 (30 participants).

Provided a consultant to conduct a one-day training on the supervision and treatment of adolescent female sex offenders at the request of the Lane County, Oregon Department of Youth Services in Eugene, Oregon, April 2003 (58 participants).

Provided two nationally recognized experts to conduct workshops on the subject of the treatment of adolescent sex offenders at the Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network Conference in Warm Springs, Oregon, May 2002 (190 participants).

Provided a consultant to conduct a training session on adolescent sex offenders at the Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network Annual Conference in Sun River, Oregon, April 2001 (200 participants).

Delivered a training on sex offender management at the request of the Oregon Criminal Justice Association, July 2000 (70 participants).

Provided a consultant to speak on implementing community notification laws, and identifying and treating juvenile sex offenders at the request of the Polk County, Oregon Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice Department, January 1999 (25 participants).

Resource Site:

Jackson County is among the earliest programs (developed in 1982) to use a comprehensive, collaborative approach, involving treatment providers, community corrections, law enforcement, polygraphers, mental health and children's services, and prosecutors. Representatives from all of these disciplines participate in monthly collaborative meetings. Treatment is offered to the offender, the non-offending family members, and victims. The community corrections agency has also provided leadership across the state on community notification practices that promote public safety.

OJP Grant Sites:

2003: The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA), a statewide agency representing a wide range of collaborative partners, seeks to develop and implement a comprehensive statewide plan for the management of juvenile sex offenders. OYA provides supervision for youth ages 12 to 25 adjudicated for law violations and who require out-of-home placement. According to June 2003 data, 1,108 youth offenders were under supervision in the juvenile system. Juvenile sex offender management in Oregon is fragmented in its application of legal response, evaluation, treatment, and supervision and has not consistently addressed victim issues. It presents different challenges in urban and rural areas. Juvenile sex offenders represent a public safety concern in Oregon, and they have the highest priority for placement and treatment services. Through this grant OYA will design, recommend, and implement a comprehensive statewide system of sex offender management that will include a consistent legal response to juvenile sex offenders, a common assessment/evaluation process, effective and efficient treatment approaches, support services for youth in the community, dissemination of information to constituent groups, and a system to evaluate and monitor outcomes. Grant funds are being used to conduct a complete inventory of current juvenile sex offender management practices throughout the state, identify emerging best practices and standards to address concerns in the areas identified, develop an implementation strategy to make recommendations and enact change throughout the system, and create valid and reliable methods for evaluation of outcomes.

2003: The Central Oregon region, including Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties, is isolated from the state's more densely inhabited urban centers both by distance and geographic barriers. The population within the counties has multiplied at a rate of between 53.9% and 62% during the past decade. Most of the combined 166,500 residents live in a rural environment and an average of 10% live at or below the poverty level, although this figure increases to 60% within some remote areas. The region is experiencing growing numbers of sex offenses committed by youth. The Deschutes County juvenile sex offender supervision caseload alone has doubled within the past eight years. These counties have or are establishing frameworks for policy-level teams in each county to examine current practices, identify gaps, explore areas for improvement, and facilitate the development of a comprehensive, coordinated, community response to the adolescent and pre-pubescent sex offender population. Grant funds are used to support this group in conducting a thorough assessment of current policy and informal practices, and in refining its goals and objectives to reflect an outcome-based focus. Additionally, funds will be used to follow through on recommendations that arise from the assessment; and to develop and implement the necessary programs that could make a measurable difference in reducing the numbers of juvenile sex offenders, preventing reoffense, protecting victims, and promoting public safety. Efforts in the Central Region will result in a model to be replicated throughout the Central and Eastern Oregon Juvenile Justice Consortium, a coalition of 17 county juvenile departments in Oregon working together to provide effective treatment and supervision services to delinquent youth to prevent their further involvement in criminal behavior, and to advocate for resources for the region's at-risk youth and families.

2003: Lane County, Oregon has a population of 322,959 in a geographic area of 4,610 square miles stretching from the summit of the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. More than half the population (60%) lives in the county's two largest cities, Eugene and Springfield, the second largest metropolitan area in Oregon. The Lane County, Oregon Sex Offender Management Project focuses on juvenile and adult sex offenders under supervision in the community. At the time of this grant, 981 sex offenders in Lane County were registered. As of February 2003, 282 adult sex offenders were under community supervision in the county. In 2001, the Lane Council of Governments was awarded a Sex Offender Management Planning Grant through OJP. Current grant funds are being used to revisit this plan and develop a comprehensive strategic plan for juvenile and adult sex offender management which is data-driven and based on best practices. Funds will then be used to develop and implement local policies that reflect best practices.

2001: Lane County, Oregon contains the second largest metropolitan area in Oregon. The goal of Lane County's planning grant was to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the management of juvenile and adult sex offenders that is data driven and based on best practices. This was accomplished by examining the current systems of sex offender supervision and treatment and assessing what gaps exist in the current approach. Through this grant, Lane County also educated policymakers, criminal justice system practitioners, and the community about promising practices in sex offender management and ensuring community safety.

1999: Josephine County is a rural jurisdiction covering 1,600 square miles in southwestern Oregon, with a 1999 population of 67,000. In May 1999, there were 112 sex offenders under community supervision in the county. Josephine County's sex offender management team consists of two parole/probation officers, a treatment provider, a polygraph examiner, and an assistant district attorney. Funds from an implementation/enhancement grant were used to include victim advocates and the judiciary on the team, enhance information sharing and consensus building among team members, develop methods to evaluate the team's collaborative efforts, improve victim notification and support, and increase public awareness regarding sex offender management approaches. In addition, the team expanded the county's capacity to record, retrieve, and utilize information on sex offenders.

1999: Multnomah County is geographically the smallest county in Oregon, but it contains approximately 20 percent of the state's population (644,900 in 1998). Portland, the largest city in the state, is located in the county. The county used an implementation/enhancement grant to manage sex offenders in the community who are mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, and/or mentally ill. These offenders present an added concern for the community due to the lack of appropriate treatment, transition, and stabilization resources. Through this grant, the Department of Juvenile and Adult Community Justice provided integrated wrap around services and intensive case management for these offenders, developed adjunct programming, and conducted long-range planning. An inter-agency team provided program oversight and policy development.