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Educating the Community on Sexual Assault and Comprehensive Approach to Managing Sex Offenders

This section focuses on fulfilling legal requirements for notifying communities about sexual offenders and addressing community members' questions and concerns. It emphasizes the importance of community safety and discourages harassment, while providing guidance on reporting concerns to the proper authorities.

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Educating the Community on Sexual Assault and Comprehensive Approach to Managing Sex Offenders

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  1. Educating the Community About Sexual Assault and About a Comprehensive Approach to the Management of Sex Offenders in the Community

  2. Section 2 Conducting a Community Notification

  3. Section 2—Learning Objectives • To fulfill the local legal requirements for notifying communities about the presence of offenders convicted of certain sexual offenses. • To respond to community members’ questions about their rights and responsibilities with respect to this notification.

  4. Community Safety is Our Concern • Stability of an offender contributes to control of his offense cycle • Harassment of offenders can DECREASE community safety • Offender may go “underground” and law enforcement will not be able to monitor him • Offender may feel out of control and act out--harming someone with another offense • Offender may stop going to treatment

  5. Harassment is Against the Law • Bring your concerns to the proper authorities. • If citizens “take things into their own hands” they can be prosecuted.

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