NCJ Number
106319
Date Published
1986
Length
47 pages
Annotation
Proceedings of a public hearing and a committee meeting consider the current status of sentencing, treatment, and incarceration of convicted sex offenders in New Jersey.
Abstract
Corrections Commissioner William Fauver notes overcrowding problems in the sex offender unit, a backup of sex offenders in county jails, and a reduction in the number of releases. He discusses options for alleviating this problem, including construction of additional space and pilot therapy and pretherapy programs. The treatment and educational services currently offered sex offenders also is described, as are problems of noncompliance with treatment. The implications of mandatory and indeterminate sentences both for overcrowding and for treatment are discussed. Appended materials include sex offender statistics, staffing and treatment at the Avenel Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and the conflict between punitive and therapeutic correctional goals for this population.