Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements ...

Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements
NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape
Registrable Offenses Cont’d
(Connecticut)
Kidnapping (1st degree with a firearm), provided the courts makes a finding that the offense was committed
with the intent to sexually violate or abuse the victim - CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53a-92a (West 2010).
Committing an offense listed above for which a person can be criminally liable for the acts of another, or
the attempt or conspiracy to commit one of the crimes listed above under CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. §§53-a8,
53a-48, 53a-49 (West 2010).
(12) Sexual purpose
….a purpose of the defendant in committing the felony was to engage in sexual contact or sexual
intercourse with another person without that person's consent. A sexual purpose need not be the
sole purpose of the commission of the felony. The sexual purpose may arise at any time in the
course of the commission of the felony.
Sex Offender Registration
Required for Staff Sexual
Misconduct?
(Connecticut)
YES.
Staff Members, in their professional capacity, who are convicted of sexual assault in the second degree are required
to register as sex offenders.
CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53a-71(West 2010)
Sexual assault in the second degree
(a) A person is guilty of sexual assault in the second degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with
another person and:
(5) such other person is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has
supervisory or disciplinary authority over such other person;
CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 54-252 (West 2010)
Registration of person who has committed a sexually violent offense
(a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually
** Denotes those states where sex offender registration is required for convictions under the staff sexual misconduct laws of the states. Staff and
inmates could also be required to register as sex offenders if the offense were charged under other registrable offenses.
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American University, Washington College of Law
Current as of November 2010