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Full Report	December 1993
Washington's Community Notification Law: A Survey of Law Enforcement Sheila Donnelly, Roxanne Lieb
Washington State's 1990 Community Protection Act requires released sex offenders to register with the sheriff in their county of residence within 24 hours of release. In addition, the Act expressly authorizes law enforcement agencies to notify the public when a sex offender with a high risk of reoffense settles in the community. This law, called "community notification," was the first of its kind in the country. In March 1993, the Institute surveyed sheriffs in all 39 counties and the chiefs of police in the ten largest cities regarding their use of the community notification law. Document ID: (93-12-1101)

Keywords: community notification, criminal justice, law enforcement, megan's law, sex offender registration, sex offenders, sex predators