Providing Training Through CSOM's Intensive Training Programs

One of the primary goals of CSOM is to respond to the pressing need in the field for training. CSOM designs and delivers intensive training programs, in single and multi-disciplinary settings, to provide basic knowledge to practitioners in the sex offender management field and to highlight the critical need for interagency collaboration in this work.

Those who bear responsibility for the disposition, release, and supervision of sex offenders must have information on effective strategies to manage this population. The training component of the project creates and disseminates a stream of new information and learning about the challenges the field is facing and new efforts to address those challenges.

CSOM's training events focus on several key issues:

• The roles that the criminal justice, treatment, and victim advocacy communities play in the case management process;
• The importance of collaboration at the policy level and the case management process; and
• The practical application of emerging research and best practice to those working directly with sex offenders.

Training Curricula

CSOM is also developing a comprehensive set of training curricula that addresses sex offender supervision, treatment, assessment, and management issues. The curricula are the first comprehensive, written, stand-alone set of materials on these topics and are available to jurisdictions nationwide for download on the CSOM web site (see the Training Curricula Home Page) and on CD-ROM.

A Video Seminar on Sex Offenders: Sentencing and Management Issues for Judges

Produced by CSOM, with funding from the State Justice Institute - one of CSOM's sponsoring agencies - the video curriculum provides an overview of issues important to the court and others.

The seminar is designed to provide judges with an introduction to the broad range of issues and information relevant to the sentencing and management of sex offenders, particularly those offenders who will be supervised in the community for some portion of their sentence. It is hosted by a panel of five judges who serve as core faculty for the seminar: San Diego Superior Court Judge Harry Elias, Houston District Court Judge Caprice Cosper, recently retired Colorado District Court Judge (and now of the National Judicial College) William Dressel, Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Michael Ryan, and Oregon Circuit Court Judge Raymond White. It includes four modules:

1. Defining the Problem of Sexual Offending;
2. Gathering Information, Assessing Sex Offenders, and Protecting Victims;
3. Sentencing for the Effective Management of Sex Offenders in the Community; and
4. Collaboration in the Management of Sex Offenders-Dealing with the Tough Issues.

The seminar includes a set of four videos (approximately one hour each) and a written curriculum guide containing participant materials. A complete set of seminar materials is available on a loan basis through your state judicial educator.

To order a copy of the video seminar, identify your state judicial educator or obtain additional information about it, please contact:

Charles Onley
Research Associate
Center for Sex Offender Management
c/o Center for Effective Public Policy
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 720
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 589-9383
Fax: (301) 589-3505
E-mail: conley@cepp.com

For further information about the Intensive Training component of CSOM, please contact:

Tom Talbot
Senior Manager
Center for Sex Offender Management
c/o Center for Effective Public Policy
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 720
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 589-9383
Fax: (301) 589-3505
E-mail: ttalbot@cepp.com