Community Supervision Population

Distribution of Sexual Offenders/Predators Fairly Equal Throughout State

The Sexual Predator Act  became law on October 1st, 1993. This first in the nation registration law was followed by the Public Safety Information Act (PSIA), which became law on October 1, 1997, and broadened public access to the records of sexual predators and sex offenders. An offender can be designated a sexual predator if he or she commits certain statutorily defined sex crimes that are first degree felonies or greater, or if he or she commits two or more second-degree or greater felony sex offenses as provided in section 775.21, Florida Statutes and/or is so designated by the court. An offender is a sex offender if he or she has been convicted of certain sex crimes listed in section 943.0435(1)(a), Florida Statutes and was still serving any part of their sentence on or after October 1st, 1997 Both sexual predators and sex offenders are subject to registration and community notification. It should be noted that some of the sex offenders on supervision previously served state prison time for their offenses.

Sex offenders and sexual predators are supervised by probation officers with specialized training. These offenders must comply with additional conditions of supervision provided in statute and are supervised at a higher level than regular probation offenders. Some examples of sex offender conditions imposed include sex offender treatment, curfew, and certain sex offenders (with minor victims) not being allowed to reside within 1,000 feet of a school, playground or child care facility.

The table below shows that on June 30, 2012 the population of sexual predators and offenders was overwhelmingly male (98.0%) and distributed across all twenty of Florida's judicial circuits. While the percentages suggest that these offenders are more prevalent in large, urban circuits (Miami, Clearwater, Tampa, and Orlando), the percentage of the circuit's caseload (total number of offenders under community supervision) that is made up of sexual predators and offenders is distributed equally.

Sex Offenders (PSIA & Sexual Predators) Supervised on June 30, 2012
Circuit Number	Judicial Circuit	Male	Female	Total	Percent
1	Pensacola	358	11	369	4.9%
2	Tallahassee	250	4	254	3.3%
3	Lake City	186	9	195	2.6%
4	Jacksonville	446	7	453	5.9%
5	Tavares	469	11	480	6.3%
6	Clearwater	452	10	462	6.1%
7	Daytona Beach	318	9	327	4.3%
8	Gainesville	175	5	180	2.4%
9	Orlando	767	17	784	10.3%
10	Bartow	449	9	458	6.0%
11	Miami	754	3	757	9.9%
12	Sarasota	434	3	437	5.7%
13	Tampa	552	4	556	7.3%
14	Panama City	169	5	174	2.3%
15	West Palm Beach	253	8	261	3.4%
16	Key West	37	1	38	0.5%
17	Ft. Lauderdale	446	7	453	5.9%
18	Sanford	356	11	367	4.8%
19	Ft. Pierce	238	6	244	3.2%
20	Ft. Myers	370	7	377	4.9%
	Total	7,479	147	7,626	100.0%