What a waste of money, we have got to be into the billions now on nothing but tracking, and not one red cent on prevention! There is no doubt in my mind that Congress and every state lawmaker are doing nothing but protecting jobs with these registries, that accomplish nothing whatsoever. They simply make the public feel-good, a false sense of security. The DOJ has proved that 97% of new sex crimes are by NEW OFFENDERS not those on registries. Yet, 100% of the money goes to track former offenders. Unbelievable!
10-23-2009 National:
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced more than $7.3 million in Fiscal Year 2009 grant assistance for state, local, and tribal governments for use in implementing, training, and maintaining and enhancing sex offender programs throughout the United States.
These grants, administered by OJP's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART), break down into three areas of funding: Adam Walsh Act (Title I) implementation, Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management (CASOM) support, and Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) operation.
More than $4.6 million will be used to develop or enhance sex offender registration programs; improve law enforcement and other justice agency information sharing as it relates to sex offender registration and notification; and implement other efforts aimed at furthering the objectives of Title I of the Adam Walsh Act, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
The Adam Walsh Act was signed into law on July 27, 2006 and is designed to protect children and adults from sexual exploitation and violent crime. The Act also aims to prevent child abuse and child pornography, promote Internet safety, and honor the memory of Adam Walsh and other crime victims. SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and offenders against children by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration and notification to the public of those offenders.
The SMART Office will also oversee the Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management (CASOM) program. More than $2.7 million will assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in assessing and improving their approaches to supervising, monitoring, and treating adult and/or juvenile sex offenders in the community.
In addition to the $7.3 million, another $985,000 will help maintain, operate and enhance the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) and support the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System. NSOPW links to state, territory, and tribal sex offender public websites and allows the public to search for registered sex offenders on a national scale. With close to 20 million users and counting, NSOPW is an invaluable resource to the public. ..Source.. by Office of Justice Programs - U.S. Department of Justice
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October 23, 2009
Justice Department Announces $7.3 Million in Awards, Supports Adam Walsh Act, Sex Offender Management
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