Sex Offender Supervision Essay

In the article by Payne and DeMichele (2008) it states: there are nine main assumptions when it comes to sex offender’s supervision. The first is that the vast majority of sex offenders will return to the community. Approximately, 60 percent of the 234,000 will be released back into the community, stressing that community supervision of these offenders is of the utmost importance. The second assumption is, while working with these offenders one must be objective. Rather than looking down upon the offender, the officer must develop a plan to have the offender be successful in reentering the community and preventing further attacks. The third main point is having the offender be aware of the laws. For example exclusion zones; civil commitment, which is not letting an offender out of incarceration till they are deemed ready, GPS monitoring, registering to notify the public, polygraphs and …show more content…
The article goes onto explain that these offenders are manipulative, excessive planners, have low recidivism rates, and usually claim their victim wanted the sexual encounter. The fifth main point explains the type of community influences the offender. That the type of supervision used with offender depends on circumstances of the community such as rural or urban areas, their victims and the officers supervising them. The next topic goes onto explain that supervision of sex offenders does not solely fall on probation officers. That when it comes to supervision with sex offenders it is a joint effort between the police, courts and the probation office to ensure the community’s safety. One of the last topics was having the officers take care of themselves. This is when the officer must make sure that they are mentally and physically capable to handle such taxing offenders. It was said that being a positive role model to these offenders decreases the chance of the offender to be deceitful and