Responding to youth engaged in problematic sexual behavior

Source: childhood-usa.org 2025 [page 48] Improve the response to youth who have engaged in PSB by: • Prohibiting the use of harmful assessment and management approaches—including the use of polygraph tests • Promoting evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment programs designed for youth who have engaged in PSB • Eliminating sex offender registration in all cases of children adjudicated delinquent, without exception When a child or teen has engaged in problematic sexual behavior (PSB) the first instinct might be to reach for the harshest tools—such as invasive assessments, criminal charges and sex offender…

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MI: Michigan Sex Offender Registries Performance Audit Report shows problems

Source: audgen.michigan.gov 10/2025 [Sample information:] Inaccuracies in MSOR information for 9 (20%) of 45 samples active registrants and improper cancellation of 7 (16%) of 43 sample registrants Documentation was missing or incomplete for 4 (7%) of 60 sampled out-of-state registrants were no longer domiciled, temporarily residing, working, or attending school in Michigan  Potentially 2,742 registrants have address discrepancies Read the report  

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