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Office of the Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division

Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders

March 11, 2011

We found that the state’s increased use of civil commitment for certain sex offenders has resulted in a significant growth in costs. We also found variations across the state in the use of civil commitment. We recommend improvements to the program used to treat civilly committed sex offenders and suggest the state consider supplementing its current approach to civil commitment of sex offenders with some less costly alternatives.

This report won a 2013 Certificate of Impact Award from the NCSL National Legislative Program Evaluation Society.

 

 

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