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Time to work - Center for Sex Offender Management- CSOM

C e n t e r F o r S e x O f f e n d e r Ma n a g e m e n t A Project of the office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice time to work : Managing the Employment of Sex Offenders Under Community Supervision January 2002. Introduction This paper discusses critical issues in the management of sex Offender employment, Structured, full- time employment is a including: cornerstone of nearly all community supervision programs for offenders, especially for sex offenders. Most offenders who are assessing potential job placements;. released into the community after their approaching the job search process;. conviction are required to find and maintain making sound job placement decisions.

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1 C e n t e r F o r S e x O f f e n d e r Ma n a g e m e n t A Project of the office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice time to work : Managing the Employment of Sex Offenders Under Community Supervision January 2002. Introduction This paper discusses critical issues in the management of sex Offender employment, Structured, full- time employment is a including: cornerstone of nearly all community supervision programs for offenders, especially for sex offenders. Most offenders who are assessing potential job placements;. released into the community after their approaching the job search process;. conviction are required to find and maintain making sound job placement decisions.

2 Suitable work . However, acquiring developing relationships with employers;. appropriate employment for sex offenders and presents formidable obstacles. Many monitoring sex offenders' job-related employers are reluctant to hire sex offenders activities. because of the stigma that follows them, and most sex offenders are restricted by special This paper also examines research findings on conditions of their supervision. Community the subject of Offender employment and the supervision officers also face difficult importance of employment in the sex challenges; they must monitor carefully sex Offender 's life. offenders in their work -related activities to ensure they do not have opportunities to reoffend.

3 This monitoring is a demanding The Importance of work task as job activities can account for nearly 60 percent of an employee's waking hours Research has shown that meaningful each week (when factoring in preparation and employment can provide a stabilizing travel time ).1 A substantial amount of time influence by involving offenders in pro-social and effort therefore is required to supervise activities and assisting them in structuring effectively sex offenders in their employment. their time , improving their self-esteem, and Supervision agencies must determine how to meeting their financial obligations (Curtis and manage sex offenders on the job in a way Schulman, 1984).

4 That adequately restricts offenders, protects the public, and simultaneously promotes successful Offender reintegration. The Research on Offenders and work During the past 20 years, research on recidivism of the general criminal population 1. According to the Department of Labor, hours for identified a history of unstable employment as American workers increased during the past two decades one of the factors that consistently is ( Department of Labor, 1999), with most male associated with subsequent criminal behavior workers averaging hours per week on the job (Gendreau, Little, and Goggin, 1996). (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999). Established in June 1997, CSOM's goal is to enhance public safety by preventing further victimization through improving the management of adult and juvenile sex offenders who are in the community.

5 A collaborative effort of the office of Justice Programs, the National Institute of Corrections, the State Justice Institute, and the American Probation and Parole Association, CSOM is administered by the Center for Effective Public Policy. Although the factors associated with Supervising the Employment of Sex Offenders: recidivism of sex offenders in particular are Key Elements not yet completely known,2 several recent studies suggest a link between sex offenders' Employment Assessment employment status and reoffense rates. In Skills and abilities one study of dynamic factors3 associated with Education and training Nature of offense recidivism, data were collected on more than Victimization pattern 400 sex offenders.

6 The researchers found Suitability of different jobs that those who committed subsequent sexual offenses were more likely to be unemployed Job Search Plan (Hanson and Harris, 1998). Another study Individual job search strategy revealed that the only factors associated with Determination of suitable job types reduced reoffending among sex offenders Approval of commuting plans were the combination of stable employment Referral to community employment resources and sex Offender treatment (Kruttshnitt, Uggen, and Shelton, 2000). In this study, Job Search Activities researchers found that sex offenders who had Identification of employment opportunities stable employment at the time of their Contact with potential employers Employment interviews sentencing were 37 percent less likely to be Follow-up with employers after interviews convicted for a new crime than those whose employment histories were not as stable.

7 Job Offer Such findings suggest that stable employment Employer contact and job offer verification is a contributing factor in helping reduce sex Employer notification of offense and Offender recidivism. supervision status Relationship building and employer education Assessment of job suitability Employment: A Critical Element in Community Worksite assessment Supervision Victim access assessment On-the-job supervision assessment Sex offenders are different from most other When Job Is Approved offenders under community supervision. In Review of work schedule many ways, they more often resemble the Confirmation of commuting plan general population that is, they more often Relationship building between supervision have families, are well educated, and have officer and employer stable employment histories (prior to their Community supervision plan convictions).

8 However, it is this very Explanation of treatment obligation paradox that sex offenders often lead dual Monitoring and follow-up plan lives that requires a unique approach to their supervision in the community. Monitoring and Follow-Up Activities Regular contact with employer Traditional supervision practices ( , Continued relationship building with scheduled office visits and periodic phone employer Performance assessment contacts) are not sufficient to manage sex On-site and telephone checks offenders. To enhance community protection, Job counseling and intervention as needed more specialized and varied supervision methods are needed to assist sex offenders to develop offense -free lifestyles, including conditions such as specialized sex Offender treatment, restricted contact with past and 2 potential victims, periodic polygraph For further discussion of the research on recidivism, see the Center for Sex Offender management 's Recidivism of examinations, no Internet access, and other Sex Offenders (May 2001).

9 Specific restrictions that help diminish the 3. Dynamic factors are those characteristics, likelihood of reoffense. Only through close circumstances, and attitudes that change throughout monitoring and ongoing communication one's life, such as drug or alcohol use, attitude ( , lack of remorse, victim blaming), and intimacy problems. among those involved in supervising and 2. treating offenders can the secrecy, Any travel in the community associated manipulation, and deception that characterize with the job must be approved and sex offending behavior be monitored and supervised. addressed. Treatment sessions cannot be missed Managing the job-related activities of sex because of employment obligations.

10 Offenders is therefore a critically important component of an intensive community The use of technology ( , computers, supervision strategy for sex the Internet, cameras, or camcorders) on Special conditions of supervision, when the job must be approved by the ordered by the court or supervision agency, supervising agency. are perhaps the most effective method of imposing external controls on sex offenders. Typically, special conditions of sex Offender Assessing Potential Job supervision include participation in treatment, no victim contact, no contact with children, Placements no use of drugs or alcohol, and an approved living arrangement. In addition to these Although employment is critical to an common conditions, some examples of Offender 's stability, certain types of special employment conditions that relate to employment are not appropriate for sex particular offenders' offense patterns might offenders.


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