PRINTER'S NO. 2382
No. 263 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, BROWNE, CAPPABIANCA, CIVERA, M. COHEN, COY, DAILEY,
FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, GEIST, GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, HARHAI,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, JOSEPHS, LEDERER, MASLAND, ORIE, PESCI,
PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, PLATTS, SANTONI, SEMMEL, SEYFERT, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR,
TIGUE, TRELLO, TRUE, WALKO, WILLIAMS AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 5, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 5, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Governor to include the nationally recognized Child
2 Lures Community Plan in his 1999-2000 budget proposal.
3 WHEREAS, According to a study conducted in 1996 by the United
4 States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, two-
5 thirds of all sex offenders in state prisons attacked children,
6 and one-third of their victims were offspring or stepchildren;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, Prior to the commission of the crime, approximately
9 half of all sex offenders had a relationship with the victim as
10 a friend, acquaintance or relative other than offspring; and
11 WHEREAS, Of the 66,482 sex offenders incarcerated in state
12 prisons, 44,552 raped or sexually assaulted children under the
13 age of 18; and
14 WHEREAS, Child victimizers represent 65.5% of the total state
15 prison population; and
1 WHEREAS, The Child Lures Community Plan is a comprehensive
2 community-based approach to preventing child abuse by operating
3 on the premise that when all segments of a community are
4 educated in both awareness and prevention strategies, it makes
5 the community as a whole safer; and
6 WHEREAS, The primary focus of the Child Lures Community Plan
7 is to inform adults and children via news media presentations, a
8 booklet entitled "Child Lures Parent Guide" and an extensive
9 school educational program of the types of methods used to
10 isolate and gain access to a child by individuals who prey on
11 them; and
12 WHEREAS, A 1998 evaluation of the Child Lures Community Plan,
13 based on the federally mandated Principles of Effectiveness,
14 documents that Child Lures Prevention works - and works well;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, Institutions and organizations nationwide that have
17 implemented various Child Lures components over the years
18 include well over 1,000 school systems, 54 network television
19 stations, 103 law enforcement agencies, more than 100
20 corporations, 50 hospitals and medical organizations, 200
21 churches, 46 United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard
22 bases and 29 government agencies, including the Secret Service,
23 Department of State and the National Security Agency; and
24 WHEREAS, The Child Lures Community Plan has been endorsed by
25 the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the
26 National Association of Secondary School Principals and the
27 American Academy of Pediatrics; therefore be it
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Governor
29 to include the Child Lures Community Plan in his 1999-2000
30 budget proposal.
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