On Good Authority

In July 1997, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, through the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act, awarded grant funding to develop specialized sex offender probation projects in DuPage, Lake, and Winnebago counties. These probation initiatives serve adult offenders and are modeled on the containment approach, which incorporates: " Intensive supervision of offenders including frequent field searches of the their residences and the verification of information verbally obtained from them. " Group therapy, supplemented with individual counseling. " A partnership between probation officers and treatment providers that includes frequent communication and information sharing on each offender. This is a summary of the program evaluation for the grant project.