HoustonChronicle.com - Funds sought for program to hold young sex offenders accountable: "The county's program turns on the idea that young offenders are helped best by a combination of counseling, supervision, and monitoring for offenders and families or guardians.
The regimen also includes polygraph testing and repeated unannounced visits at home, school and work by probation officers. Juveniles write reports to their parents and parents do the same to authorities over anywhere from 9 to 24 months. "