West Virginia

Technical Assistance:

West Virginia Sexually Violent Predator Management Task Force (January and February, 2007): Initially, CSOM staff assisted the West Virginia Sexually Violent Predator Management Task Force with the design, implementation, and modification of legislatively mandated public hearings across the state. During a second site visit, CSOM staff provided training to key policymakers comprising the Sexually Violent Predator Task Force on key issues pertinent to sexually violent predators and civil commitment processes, and then assisted the task force with identifying critical areas of consideration as they begin to develop a report and recommendations to the legislature.

Training:

Conducted a three-day training on sex offender management and reentry in Charleston, West Virginia, April 2006 (174 participants).

Delivered a two-day training session on the incidence and prevalence of sexual abuse, the etiology of sex offending, and the management of sex offenders in the community for the West Virginia Division of Corrections, Parole Services participants in Elkins, West Virginia, December 2001 (200 participants).

OJP Grant Sites:

1999: West Virginia covers 24,231 square miles and had a 1999 population of approximately 1,793,500. Through a planning grant, the team engaged in a strategic planning process to improve the management of sex offenders on a statewide basis. The grantee team examined the staffing and equipment necessary to track sex offenders within the state, identified the number and location of sex offenders in their state, and examined sex offender management practices. It also developed a public opinion survey and explored the resources needed to create a comprehensive sex offender management system.