NCJ Number
178801
Journal
Alternatives to Incarceration Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Dated: July/August 1999 Pages: 6-7
Date Published
August 1999
Length
2 pages
Annotation
Offenders under supervision for sex crimes and prior sex offenders on supervision for new offenses pose serious and unique problems for probation officers because they are high-liability offenders.
Abstract
Sex offenders require constant supervision and frequent contact, in part because they are experts in deception and manipulation. They use seductive traits on everyone, including probation officers, and go to great lengths to hide and protect their activities. Probation officers need to recognize that contacts in the field should be irregular and unpredictable, that walk-throughs are important when conducting home visits, and that pointed and direct questions should be asked when talking with sex offenders and family members. Probation officers also need to realize that employers should be contacted so they understand what a particular sex offender is on probation for and that police officers on patrol should be contacted to discuss sex offenders who live in their areas.