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Texas in final stages to allow some sex offenders to deregister from list

By "eAdvocate"

2-6-2011 Texas: Texas is in the final stages of implementing a new program that will allow some sex offenders to deregister from the lifetime list, after an, as of yet, unspecified amount of time and counseling. The Council on Sex Offender Treatment will meet Feb. 26 to discuss the final stages of establishing guidelines and protocol to evaluate low-level sex offenders. Once the training for the counselors are in place, a spokesperson said, within months, evaluation specialists will begin seeing potential candidates. "This is a more common sense approach, we have to balance public safety with a limited amount of funds to ensure the maximum amount of public safety," said Allison Taylor, executive director for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 06, 2011 (boomark / email).