Section 9000 Of Chapter 3. Sex Offender Management Board From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.
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. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Board" means the Sex Offender Management Board created in
this chapter.
(b) "Sex Offender" means any person who is required to register as
a sex offender under Section 290 of the Penal Code.
(c) "Treatment" means a set of specialized interventions delivered
by qualified mental health professionals and designed to address the
multiple psychological and physiological factors found to be
associated with sexual offending.
(d) "Management" means a comprehensive and collaborative team
approach to regulating, controlling, monitoring, and otherwise
influencing the current and, insofar as is possible, the future
behavior of sex offenders who are living in the community and are
directly under the authority of the criminal justice system or of
another governmental agency performing similar functions. The
overriding purpose of management of sex offenders is to enhance
community safety by preventing future sexual victimization.
Management includes supervision and specialized treatment as well as
a variety of other interventions.
(e) "Supervision" means a specialized approach to the process of
overseeing, insofar as authority to do so is granted to the
supervising agency, all significant aspects of the lives of sex
offenders who are being managed, as described in subdivision (d).
This approach includes traditional methods as well as techniques and
tools specifically designed to respond to the risks to community
safety raised by sex offenders. Supervision is one component of
management.