The California Coalition on Sexual Offenders - CCOSO

The California Coalition on Sexual Offenders  http://www.ccoso.org/

The California Coalition on Sexual Offending’s (CCOSO) core purpose is to Stop Sexual Abuse by supporting, educating and training professionals and the community. In February 2006, the Board of Directors voted to oppose proposition 83 the Jessica’s Law initiative. The Board found two fatal flaws in this initiative:

• The 2000 foot residency requirement
• The use of GPS (Global Positioning System) on Non-Predatory Offenders

These flaws would ultimately impact our communities negatively, making children less safe from potential child molesters.

Politicians worried about appearing “soft on crime” are not providing the public with meaningful solid information.  They know that laws similar to the proposed "Jessica’s Law" Initiative here in California have already been tried in other states and been found to have serious unintended consequences. 

The media, playing to and creating public apprehension about sex offenders sensationalizes “stranger danger” rather than informing the public about the realities of rape and child sexual abuse.

To fulfill CCOSO’s mission, we offer the following links to help educate everyone in the public and the media about the real facts about sexual offenders.  These include the fatal flaws in this initiative which we are certain will be counter productive to community safety in the future.