As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The “treatment program” means a continuum of services provided in community and institutional settings designed to provide early intervention and treatment services for juvenile sexual offenders.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 635.505

  • juvenile sexual offender: as used in this chapter means an individual who was at the time of the commission of the offense under the age of eighteen (18) years who is not actively psychotic or an individual with an intellectual disability and who has been adjudicated guilty of or has been convicted of or pled guilty to:
    (a) A felony under KRS Chapter 510. See Kentucky Statutes 635.505
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) A “juvenile sexual offender” as used in this chapter means an individual who was at the time of the commission of the offense under the age of eighteen (18) years who is not actively psychotic or an individual with an intellectual disability and who has been adjudicated guilty of or has been convicted of or pled guilty to:
(a) A felony under KRS Chapter 510;
(b) Any other felony committed in conjunction with a misdemeanor described in
KRS Chapter 510;
(c) Any felony under KRS § 506.010 when the crime attempted is a felony or misdemeanor described in KRS Chapter 510;
(d) An offense under KRS § 530.020;
(e) An offense under KRS § 530.064(1)(a); (f) An offense under KRS § 531.310; or
(g) A misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510.
(3) A “juvenile sexual offender assessment” means an assessment of the child’s adolescent social development, medical history, educational history, legal history, family history, substance abuse history, sexual history, treatment history, and recent behaviors, which shall be prepared in order to assist the courts in determining whether the child should be declared a juvenile sexual offender, and to provide information regarding the risk for reoffending and recommendations for treatment.
(4) “Individual with an intellectual disability” as used in this section means a juvenile with a full scale intelligent quotient of seventy (70) or below.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 143, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 66, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 2002
Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 538, sec. 14, effective April 13, 1998. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1994.