Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-702 (2026)
Legislative intent
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The general assembly hereby declares that the comprehensive evaluation, identification, treatment, and continued monitoring of sex offenders who are subject to the supervision of the criminal justice system are necessary in order to work toward the elimination of recidivism by the offenders.
- (b) Therefore, the general assembly hereby creates a program that standardizes the evaluation, identification, treatment, and continued monitoring of sex offenders at each stage of the criminal justice system, so that the offenders will curtail recidivistic behavior, and so that the protection of victims and potential victims will be enhanced. The general assembly recognizes that some sex offenders cannot or will not respond to treatment and that, in creating the program described in this part, the general assembly does not intend to imply that all sex offenders can be successful in treatment.
Acts 1995, ch. 353, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1998–2018 · leading case: Craig Robert Nunn v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 547 S.W.3d 163 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017).
Craig Robert Nunn v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 547 S.W.3d 163 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-702 (a). Accordingly, the Act created “a program that standardizes the evaluation, identification, treatment, and continued monitoring of sex offenders at each stage of the criminal justice system, so that the offenders will curtail recidivistic…”
State v. Reams, 265 S.W.3d 423 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “§ 39-13-702(b). I. Notice of Admitting Guilt The defendant claims that the trial court erred revoking his probation because he was not notified that he would have to admit his guilt to be successful in the sex offender treatment program.”
State of Tennessee v. Westley A. Albright, 564 S.W.3d 809 (Tenn. 2018). “§ 39-13-702. In this case, the Defendant was placed on probation and required to undergo sex offender therapy as a condition of his judicial diversion.”
State of Tennessee v. Westley A. Albright (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-702 . Accordingly, offenders who are placed on probation as part of a negotiated settlement of their case are required to submit to an evaluation for treatment.”
State of Tennessee v. Gregory Scott Barnum (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-702 (b); 39-13-703(2)-(3).”
State of Tennessee v. William A. Marshall (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-702 (b) (1997). We infer from this statement that, although the aim of the treatment program is to alter the behavior of the participants, if not effectively to “cure” them, the treatment can be completed by individuals who are not “successful in…”
State v. Wilbert Heller (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§39-13-702 (a), 706 (Supp.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-702(b) — 1 case
State v. Reams, 265 S.W.3d 423 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “§ 39-13-702(b). I. Notice of Admitting Guilt The defendant claims that the trial court erred revoking his probation because he was not notified that he would have to admit his guilt to be successful in the sex offender treatment program.”
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