Bill Text: IN HCR0009 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Indiana House Concurrent Resolution 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging criminal law & sentencing policy committee to study creating data base.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-01-11 - Referred to Committee on Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation [HCR0009 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HCR0009-Introduced.html

Introduced Version

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ________

DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee to study the creation of a data base listing persons convicted of crimes in which the victims are individuals with developmental disabilities.

Klinker

_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on

Introduced

First Regular Session of the 117th General Assembly (2011)

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION

Whereas, People with developmental disabilities are at higher risk of victimization than others;

Whereas, The Arc of the United States reports in a document entitled "People with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexual Violence" that "Any type of disability appears to contribute to higher risk of victimization but intellectual disabilities, communication disorders, and behavioral disorders appear to contribute to very high levels of risk, and having multiple disabilities (e.g., intellectual disabilities and behavior disorders) results in even higher risk levels (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000)";

Whereas, People with developmental disabilities are frequently less capable of informing those who love and care for them that they have been victimized;

Whereas, A comprehensive data base organizing persons convicted of crimes against people with developmental disabilities would enable law enforcement to better apprehend, convict, and incarcerate offenders when victims are less able to assist them;

Whereas, The creation of such a registry may also lessen the likelihood of registrants committing more offenses, since they may perceive that the authorities' knowledge of their

identities, locations, and past offenses reduces the chances that they can avoid detection and apprehension if they reoffend; and

Whereas, The members of the commission on developmental disabilities believe that there is a need for the development of a registry listing persons convicted of crimes against persons with developmental disabilities: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:

SECTION 1. That the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee should study the creation of a data base listing persons convicted of crimes in which the victims are individuals with developmental disabilities.