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<br />. A law enforcement official. <br />. A sex offender treatment professional (all of the assessments are conducted by licensed <br />psychologists employed by the DOC). <br /> <br />Five months prior to release, the offender is scheduled for an ECRC meeting. The case manager for the <br />ECRC coordinates this process, and supervises the accumulation of information on each offender. A <br />file containing information relevant to the offender's risk level determination is sent to all committee <br />members. The sex offender treatment professional reviews this information and produces a preliminary <br />risk recommendation, which is also distributed to ilie oilier ECRC members, and to ilie offender. <br /> <br />The ECRC must meet and determine the risk level of the offender at least 90 days prior to hisiher <br />scheduled release date. The offender has a right to be present at the ECRC meeting; offenders likely to <br />be assessed as Risk Level 2 or 3 are represented by the state public defender. <br /> <br />The community notification statute required that the DOC develop a Risk Assessment Scale in <br />consultation with probation officers, county attorneys, sex offender treatment professionals, and law <br />enforcement officials. The DOC had a1ready developed an empirically validated inventory (the <br />Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised, or MnSOST-R) to assist in making civil commitment <br />referrals and had some experience in evaluating risk of offenders due to be released. <br />The community notification Risk Assessment Scale incorporates the MnSOST-R into the process of <br />assigning risk levels as follows: <br />. Risk Levell: A sex offender whose score on the MnSOST-R indicates a lower risk ofreoffense, <br />and for ""horn there are no special concerns; <br />. Risk Level 2: A sex offender whose score on the MnSOST- R indicates a moderate risk of <br />reoffense, and for whom there are no special concerns or whose MnSOST- R score indicates lower <br />risk, but for whom the ECRC finds there to be special concerns; <br />. Risk Level 3: A sex offender whose score on the MnSOST-R indicates a higher risk ofreoffense, <br />or whose MnSOST- R score indicates moderate or lower risk, but for whom the ECRC finds there <br />to be special concerns. This category includes all offenders referred by the DOC for consideration <br />of civil oommitment <br /> <br />Special concerns that lead to raising an offender's risk level must be spelled out in detail. Examples of <br />special concerns include the following: <br />. Multiple treatment failures, with a history of reoffense after treatment. <br />. History of prison disciplinary reports of significant frequency to cause concern, or reports that <br />indicate physical assau11s or sexual behavior. <br />. Pattem of predatory offense behavior, including breaking into a house, stalking a victim, abducting <br />or attempting to abduct a victim, etc. <br /> <br />The role of the public defender is to make sure that the offender understands the process, and to correct <br />factual errors (e.g., miscalculations of the screening tool, corrections to the offender's record). The <br />public defender also advises the offender as to whether helshe should seek administrative review of the <br />decision, and represents the offender in the administrative review process. <br /> <br />4 <br />
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