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Sexual Offender Management Probation and parole agencies have the primary responsibility for the supervision of sexual offenders in the community. Specialized knowledge is required for case management, appropriate risk management and effective supervision strategies. Training topics currently offered provide information to identify, prevent, and respond to issues affecting the supervision of sexual offenders. The following publications are available through APPA : Supervising the Sexual Offender (2 day training) Supervising sex offenders in the community requires specialized knowledge for appropriate risk management. This two-day training focuses on the most widely used approach to sex offender management—the “Containment Model”. With emphasis on the development of this approach’s core components, probation, parole and community corrections participants will be exposed to a wide range of sex offender supervision issues they are likely to encounter as officers: beginning with the pre-sentence investigation and setting the stage for offender compliance at the start of supervision, to responding to violations and high risks. Upon completion of Supervising the Sexual Offender participants will be able to:
About the Faculty: Margaret Bullens is president and founder of Safe NOW Project. She is a recognized expert, author and educator in sex offender management policies and practices. She founded Safe NOW Project because she felt criminal justice improvements alone would never significantly reduce sexual violence—and that individuals could be empowered to take a proactive lead at improving safety for themselves and others. Margaret’s diverse professional experience has focused her on various aspects of sexual violence prevention or offender management, including developing and implementing a recognized adult sex offender probation program in Texas, serving full time as the “Sex Offender Management Specialist” for national organizations: American Probation and Parole Association, the Center for Sex Offender Management and the Council of State Governments. She has experience and credentials as an officer of the court, Certified Forensic Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner, and a consultant on various tools used in the monitoring of sex offender behaviors—including sex crime computer investigation, polygraph, electronic monitoring and the pleythsmograph. Margaret is a sought after expert consultant on sex offender management issues. She has served as a leading consultant on several federal grants (OJP and NIJ) focused on sex offender management, domestic violence and prevention. In addition to her role as Founder and President of the Safe NOW Project, Margaret Bullens is a member of the board of Directors of Forensic Technologies, Inc., RAMAS, and SmartPLUS Technologies. Managing Sex Offenders’ Computer Use (2 day training)
The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is pleased to present a two-day technical and interactive training seminar for probation, parole, and community corrections professionals who supervise sex offenders and monitor their computer usage in the field. This 2- day class provides in-depth presentations and hands-on practice in computer forensics as they apply to Probation and Parole. During the training each participant will have access to a Window’s® based computer, provided through the Colorado Judicial Department's Denver West Computer Lab. Software and files will be loaded on the student’s computer during the class for this “Hands-On” training and participants will learn the difference between computer forensics and field monitoring of probation/parolee computer activities. The course focuses primarily on Windows® operating systems (‘9x, NT, ME, 2000, XP). Some information will be provided on Macintosh® computer forensics. Upon completion of this training participants will be able to:
This course is an applied technical training. Participants will be installing and using monitoring software and searching computers for forensic evidence. Previous experience with computer forensics not required, but participants should be familiar with Windows’® and not be computer-phobic. While the class focuses on managing sex offenders, the techniques learned are applicable for other types of cyber crime. Due to the highly technical instruction seminar participation will be limited and selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. About the Faculty: Dr. Tanner has 35 years of experience in applied community corrections. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Illinois with specialties in Cognitive Social Psychology, Sociology of Law, and Evaluation Research. His primary interests are the adaptation of cognitive sciences in treatment of offender populations, cyber crime analysis, and improving the efficacy of sex offender treatment. Dr. Tanner is the author of Quick Skills, a comprehensive modular cognitive-behavior curriculum in use in the United States and Australia, and the developer of the Structured Sex Offender Treatment Review (SSOTR) a tool which allows professionals to monitor the progress of sex offenders in treatment.Dr. Tanner has served on the faculty at two universities, was a Supervising Probation Officer, Executive Director of halfway houses (2) Director of Boulder County Colorado’s Community Corrections Division, Vice President of Correctional Management Incorporated, and President of KBSolutions Incorporated. His applied experience includes operating secure detention facilities, halfway houses for juveniles and adults, day reporting centers, probation/parole services, and intensive treatment programs (both residential and out-patient. Dr. Tanner designed Field Search, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center’s freeware field computer forensic package. He is one of a small group of individuals world-wide who have earned the Global Information Assurance Certification in Security Leadership. For site-specific training and/or technical assistance contact Diane Kincaid at APPA (859) 244-8196, or dkincaid@csg.org. She will follow-up on your request and provide you with a proposal for delivering the requested training or technical assistance for your agency or organization. |
