Section 3: Components of Supervision: Specialized Approaches to Managing Sex Offenders
Outline
TOPIC: Introduction
Learning Objectives
Introduction of Learning Activities
5 min.
TOPIC: Relapse Prevention as a Framework for Supervision
A Cognitive-Behavioral Model
Offense Cycle
20 min.
TOPIC: Caseload Organization: Specialization
Specialization as a Practice
Learning Activity: Case Study
20 min.
TOPIC: The Pre-sentence Investigation (PSI)
What is a Pre-sentence Investigation?
Documents Essential for the PSI
Learning Activity: Case Study
Interviews Conducted for the PSI
Learning Activity: Case Study
Interviews, cont.
Learning Activity: Case Study
Learning Activity: Sexual History
Interviews, cont.
Learning Activity: Case Study
2 hrs., 15 min.
TOPIC: Sex Offender Assessment
Sex Offender Assessment by Probation/Parole
Identification of Risk Factors
Learning Activity: Case Study
Assessing the Probability of Re-offense
Sex Offender-Specific Risk Assessment Instruments
Learning Activity: RRASOR
Interpreting the RRASOR Score
60 min.
TOPIC: Classification
Classification: Risk and Resources
Example of a Classification Tool
15 min.
TOPIC: Pre-sentence Investigation Recommendations
Introduction
Level of Risk to the Community
Amenability to Treatment
Victim Impact and Safety
Conditions of Supervision
15 min.
TOPIC: Developing and Monitoring Conditions of Supervision
Sex Offender-Specific Conditions
Using Special Conditions as Tools to Manage Risk
Learning Activity: Case Study
Applying Standard Sex Offense Conditions
Effective Monitoring of the Conditions
Taking Appropriate Action when Violations Occur
Amending Conditions of Supervision Based on New Information
50 min.
TOPIC: The Case Plan
Introduction
Involvement of the Offender
Changes in the Plan
Information in the Plan
Controlling the Environment
Learning Activity: Case Study
Involving the Offender in Appropriate Treatment
Drug and Alcohol Testing, and Electronic Monitoring
Learning Activity: Case Study
30 min.
TOPIC: Maintaining the Case File
Importance of Documentation in Sex Offender Management
Perspectives on the Importance of the Case File
15 min.
TOPIC: Statutory Requirements for Community Notification, Registration, and DNA Testing
10 min.
TOPIC: Lengthening Periods of Supervision and Authorizing Lifetime Supervision
5 min.
TOPIC: Surveillance
5 min.
TOPIC: Summary
25 min.
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