Golden Halloween 2018 Sexual Offender Safety Map

GOLDEN, CO – Before kids go out trick or treating on Halloween, fall is a good time to take an inventory of who is living in your neighborhood. The area in and around Golden is the registered residence of 74 persons listed on the Colorado State Sex Offender Registry. All of the sex offenders listed on our Halloween Safety Map have been convicted of a sexual offense, which is noted in each address pin. There are six listed people who have been categorized by the state as "multiple offenders." One offender, Wayne Joseph Evano, 42, has been categorized as a "sexually violent predator."

Registered sex offenders are prohibited from passing out candy on Halloween. They may not appear in a Halloween costume or other child-centered holiday character, such as Santa and the Easter Bunny, in public.

There are 1,521 convicted sex offenders registered in the City and Co. of Denver. In counties around Denver, the number of registered sex offenders are as follows:

• Adams Co. 1,035
• Arapahoe Co. 895
• Douglas Co. 199
• Jefferson Co. 934

According to the Colorado Bureau of Intelligence website:

• Most sex offenders in Colorado are supervised by the criminal justice system in the community (probation, parole, and/or community corrections programs). Community supervision is an alternative to incarceration.
• Sex offenders must waive confidentiality for treatment and case management purposes. This ensures communication and prevents secrecy and deception, which may undermine rehabilitation and threaten public safety.
• As part of their community supervision, sex offenders must be accountable for their behavior. They must often agree to intensive and intrusive measures in order to be supervised effectively in the community and successfully participate in treatment.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries can play only a limited role in preventing child sexual abuse and stress that most perpetrators are known to the child. The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the National Sex Offender Public Website, estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.

The Justice Department estimates 60 percent of perpetrators are known to the child but are not family members but rather family friends, babysitters, child care providers and others, and 30 percent of child victims are abused by family members. Nearly a quarter of the abusers are under the age of 18, the department estimates.

• Related Sex Offender Advocates Object To Local Mapping Of Registered Sex Criminals

• Related: Why Patch Publishes Sex Offender Registry Maps

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