AbstractTracking Sex Offenders On-Line Track: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Author(s): Jared Erickson Recent state and federal laws provided a unique opportunity for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department to educate and inform the public concerning sex offenders by using the Internet. The Registered Sex/Kidnapping Offender Search site (SO) is a Web application that allows the public to search their neighborhood for registered sex offenders. The Sex Offender Verification (SOV) Web application is used by the Pierce County Sheriff 's Department to verify the addresses of convicted sex offenders and to track the progress of this process with a suite of management reports. These Web applications use Esri's MapObjects and ArcIMS and Macromedia's ColdFusion. Jared Erickson Pierce County GIS IS/GIS 950 South Fawcett Avenue, Suite 300 Tacoma , WA 98402-5695 USA Phone: (253) 798-3455 Fax: (253) 798-6507 E-mail: jericks@co.pierce.wa.us |