Acknowledgements
Dr. Kurt Bumby, Senior Manager, Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM), Madeline Carter, CSOM Project Director, and Tom Talbot and Leilah Gilligan, Senior Managers, CSOM, were the primary authors of this document. Special appreciation must be extended to Georgia Cumming, David D’Amora, Robert McGrath, and Scott Matson for their substantial contributions to the development of this document from its inception. Thanks also go to Rachelle Giguere of CSOM for her assistance in the publication of this protocol.
In addition, CSOM expresses considerable gratitutde to the following experts for their significant investments of time in providing insightful reviews, substantive guidance, and support:
- Dr. Judith Becker, Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Dr. Fred Berlin, Director, National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma, Baltimore, Maryland
- Dr. Barbara Bonner, Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Margaret Bullens, Founder and Executive Director, SAFENOWPROJECT, Kansas City, Missouri
- Bryan Collier, Deputy Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Austin, Texas
- The Honorable Caprice Cosper, Judge, 339th Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas
- Kim English, Research Director, Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Denver, Colorado
- Trudy Gregorie, Director and Victim Advocate, Justice Solutions, Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Ana Maria Guzmán, Client Service Specialist, Office of the State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Dr. R. Karl Hanson, Senior Research Officer, Department of the Solicitor General of Canada, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
- Fran Henry, Founder, STOP IT NOW!, Northampton, Massachusetts
- Brian Holmgren, Assistant District Attorney General, Office of the District Attorney General, Davidson County, Tennessee
- Dr. John Hunter, Research Associate and Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Dr. Keith Kaufman, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
- Dr. Richard Laws, Director, Pacific Psychological Assessment Corporation, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Joseph Lehman, Secretary, Washington State Department of Corrections (Retired), Olympia, Washington
- Robert Longo, Director of Clinical Services, Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, Winston–Salem, North Carolina
- Dr. William Marshall, Rockwood Psychological Services, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Robert Mosher, Family Life Counseling Associates, McMinnville, Oregon
- Christopher Murphy, Chief Adult Probation Officer, Chester County Adult Probation and Parole Department, Westchester, Pennsylvania
- Dr. William Murphy, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
- Cindi Nannetti, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Crimes Division, Phoenix, Arizona
- Dr. Robert Prentky, Unit Director, Justice Resource Institute, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
- Suzanne Tallarico, Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts, Denver, Colorado
- The Honorable Ronald Reinstein, Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona (Retired)
- Gail Ryan, Director, Perpetrator Prevention Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Kempe Center
- The Honorable Michael Ryan, Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
- Anne Seymour, Director and Victim Advocate, Justice Solutions, Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Robert Shilling, Detective, Seattle, Washington Police Department
- Lloyd Sinclair, Associate Treatment Director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, Wisconsin
- Steven Stahl, Sergeant, Mesa, Arizona Police Department, Arizona
- Dr. David Thornton, Treatment Director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, Wisconsin
- Leah Wicks, Juvenile Probation Supervisor, Jefferson County, Colorado Probation Department (Retired), Golden, Colorado
- Dr. James Worling, Consultant Psychologist/ Coordinator of Research, SAFE–T Program, Thistletown Regional Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Finally, CSOM wishes to acknowledge the following Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management grantees who utilized the pilot version of this protocol as part of a comprehensive assessment of their sex offender management practices, and provided helpful feedback about the utility of the instrument and associated processes, and offered recommendations for its enhancement:
- State of Alaska
- Maricopa County, Arizona
- State of Arkansas
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- San Francisco, California
- Colorado Department of Corrections
- Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
- De Kalb County, Georgia
- Miami County, Kansas
- Kentucky Department of Corrections
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
- State of Massachusetts
- Minnesota Department of Corections, Bemidji District
- Las Vegas, Nevada Metropolitan Police Department
- State of New Hampshire
- State of New York
- Delaware County, New York Department of Social Service
- Dutchess County, New York
- St. Lawrence County, New York
- New York Unified Court System
- Ohio Department of Youth Services
- Summit County, Ohio
- Deschutes County, Oregon
- Lane County, Oregon
- The Oregon Youth Authority
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- State of Rhode Island
- Tennessee, Northeast Community Services
- Dallas County, Texas
- State of Wisconsin