1. Registry/Notification policies
“North Carolina law requires sex offenders who have been convicted of certain offenses to register with their county sheriff. The sheriff collects information from the offender and court documents. The sheriff then enters the information into the Registry database. This information is available on a county wide basis at the sheriff’s office. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation takes certain information submitted by the sheriffs in all 100 counties in the state and makes it available to the public via the Sex Offender Registry website” (North Carolina Department of Public Safety).
2. Residence Restrictions Residency Restrictions (G.S. § 14-208.16) Any offender required to register under Article …show more content…
Specialized supervision frequently involves specially trained probation and parole officers who manage a caseload of sexual offenders using sex-offender-specific supervision strategies that include special conditions of supervision, multidisciplinary collaboration with a treatment provider, and, if appropriate and permissible, the use of global positioning systems (GPS) and polygraph (State of North Carolina Department of Public Safety, …show more content…
Chemical castration and other treatments. Community Corrections began the use of global positioning systems (GPS) to aid in the supervision of sex offenders in January 2007. Several challenges to the use of GPS technology, especially regarding those offenders who had completed all incidents of sentencing, resulted in a slower-than-anticipated start for the initiative. GPS continued to grow at a slow rate due to the presence of many court challenges. N.C.G.S.14-208.40 establishes three categories of offenders subject to GPS monitoring: (1) any offender classified as a sexually violent predator, is a recidivist or was convicted of an aggravated offense (Mandatory GPS); (2) any offender who has committed an offense involving the physical, mental, or sexual abuse of a minor and requires the highest possible level of supervision and monitoring based on a DOC risk assessment (Conditional GPS); and (3) any offender who is convicted of G.S. 14-27.2A or G.S. 14-27.4A. All three categories require that the offender be convicted of a reportable conviction and be required to register as a sex offender (U.S. Department of Justice,
“North Carolina law requires sex offenders who have been convicted of certain offenses to register with their county sheriff. The sheriff collects information from the offender and court documents. The sheriff then enters the information into the Registry database. This information is available on a county wide basis at the sheriff’s office. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation takes certain information submitted by the sheriffs in all 100 counties in the state and makes it available to the public via the Sex Offender Registry website” (North Carolina Department of Public Safety).
2. Residence Restrictions Residency Restrictions (G.S. § 14-208.16) Any offender required to register under Article …show more content…
Specialized supervision frequently involves specially trained probation and parole officers who manage a caseload of sexual offenders using sex-offender-specific supervision strategies that include special conditions of supervision, multidisciplinary collaboration with a treatment provider, and, if appropriate and permissible, the use of global positioning systems (GPS) and polygraph (State of North Carolina Department of Public Safety, …show more content…
Chemical castration and other treatments. Community Corrections began the use of global positioning systems (GPS) to aid in the supervision of sex offenders in January 2007. Several challenges to the use of GPS technology, especially regarding those offenders who had completed all incidents of sentencing, resulted in a slower-than-anticipated start for the initiative. GPS continued to grow at a slow rate due to the presence of many court challenges. N.C.G.S.14-208.40 establishes three categories of offenders subject to GPS monitoring: (1) any offender classified as a sexually violent predator, is a recidivist or was convicted of an aggravated offense (Mandatory GPS); (2) any offender who has committed an offense involving the physical, mental, or sexual abuse of a minor and requires the highest possible level of supervision and monitoring based on a DOC risk assessment (Conditional GPS); and (3) any offender who is convicted of G.S. 14-27.2A or G.S. 14-27.4A. All three categories require that the offender be convicted of a reportable conviction and be required to register as a sex offender (U.S. Department of Justice,