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FL - PBSO looking at sex offenders under new light to determine risk of new crimes

Original Article 01/28/2011 By Jerome Burdi The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is combing through its hundreds of sex offender records to identify who is most likely to commit another sex crime. Those few will be getting additional scrutiny, deputies said. With a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, deputies are working with Lynn University Bachelor's, master's & online degrees academics to develop the checklist. As the overall population grows, so does the number of sex offenders, the Sheriff's Office said. The sex offender population here, now with nearly 900 individuals, has nearly doubled since 2000, deputies said. About 600 offenders will be analyzed at Lynn, sheriff's Sgt. Mark Jolly said. Not included in the list's criteria for reoffending are women, child pornography convicts and offenders convicted of consensual statutory rape...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).