Report on Safety Issues Raised By Living Arrangements for and Locations of Sex Offenders in the Community

This 2004 report is mentioned in the new 2006 report
Crime and Justice in Colorado 2006 .
March 15, 2004
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Management, conducted research on the safety issues raised by living arrangements of sex offenders in the community. This research primarily focused on two questions:

(1) Do the living arrangements of sex offenders, including Shared Living Arrangements, have an impact on community safety?

(2) Do the location of sex offender residences, specifically in proximity to schools and childcare centers, have an impact on community safety?

To answer these questions, probation files were reviewed on both a random sample of sex offenders under probation supervision in the Denver metropolitan area and an all-inclusive sample of sex offenders under probation supervision in the Denver metropolitan area living in a Shared Living Arrangement (n = 130 for the combined sample). Data were extracted from the first 15 months of supervision for the sex offenders selected for this study.

The findings and subsequent recommendations are presented below. ..more.. by Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Sex Offender Management Board