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Message to citizens: Judges are placing sex offenders in our community whether we like it or not. We have a public safety mess, and treatment won't cure the sex offender. What do we do about it? A group of volunteer citizens is working with the legislature and others to create a place for sex offenders to live (not next door to you). There is a solution that is humane, safe for everyone, and cost effective. Please call or email us, and we will give you the specifics of what we are doing. We need you. Please join our Citizen Run Sex Offender Housing Study Group. 303.504.6188 Current
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Convicted sex offenders live everywhere throughout our communities and we know that they continue to re-offend, even while on probation and in treatment. We want to create a facility to control adult repeat sex offenders who engage in hands-on assaults. |
| NEW! Reoffense Rates Analysis | |
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Our continued analysis of reoffense rates. Download document (228k PDF) |
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| NEW! Treatment Effectiveness Analysis | |
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Our continued analysis of treatment effectiveness. Download document (172k PDF) |
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| NEW! Criminal Justice Crime Funnel | |
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A graphic representation: For hands-on sex offenses committed -- what percentage are reported, what percentage lead to an arrest, what percentage lead to a conviction, what percentage result in a sentence to probation, and what percentage result in a sentence to prison. Download document (164k PDF) |
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| Good News - We CAN find a place for SOCR within metro area! | |
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C. Adam Foster and David Miller wish to present the following regarding the relationship between municipal ordinances, home rule and statewide concern. The conclusion is that legislation for the creation of SOCR should be successful from the perspective of challenges based on home rule concerns because sex offenders and their management are clearly statewide concerns that trump home rule and municipalities' interest in implementing local zoning regulations. The following excerpt provides some additional background on recent Colorado Supreme Court cases defining the extent of home rule sovereignty under the Colorado State Constitution. The discussion of the holding in Northglenn v. Ibarra is particularly instructive, because in that case the Colorado Supreme Court held that state statutes governing the placement and treatment of juvenile sex offenders raised statewide concerns that controlled over contrary provisions in a City of Northglenn zoning ordinance. |
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| Download full siting issues analysis document (32k PDF) | |
| Analysis of Constitutional Issues Arising from SOCR | |
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| A) | Under the United State Constitution, what is the permissible standard under which SOCR can detain sex offenders before they are released into the next stage of parole? |
| B) | Is SOCR's use of polygraphs in violation of the United States Constitution? |
| C) | Is SOCR's use of penile plethysmography in violation of the United States Constitution? |
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| A) | The Constitution gives SOCR broad authority to detain sex offenders until that offender's sentence ends, although the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment may require SOCR to afford minimum due process rights to sex offenders when determining if they are to be released into the next stage of supervision or regressed into the Department of Corrections. |
| B) | SOCR's use of polygraph tests could face constitutional challenges; however, these challenges can be avoided if SOCR conforms its use of polygraph test to established Fifth Amendment requirements. |
| C) | SOCR's use of penile plethysmography could face challenges under the First, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, though with adequate pre-administration procedures, it satisfies all of these. |
| Download full Constitutional Issues analysis document (84k PDF) | |
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Re-Offense
Rates of Adult Sex Offenders: Evidence Pertaining to the Effectiveness
and Ineffectiveness of Treatment Programs |