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Arkansas Rethinks Dealing With Young Sex Offenders
Posted on: 08/26/
Children under the age of 10 who sexually abuse other youngsters while in state foster care will be identified as offenders and kept segregated, under a new policy adopted by the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS).
State law had previously barred children that young from being listed as offenders in the DHS computer system and that of the Arkansas State Police. The abuser was deemed a victim and the child's victim a witness, according to DHS spokesman Joe Quinn. At the time, DHS officials reasoned that young offenders had learned the behavior by being sexually abused themselves.
Source: Law Enforcement News
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