Arkansas Department of Correction Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment v. Claybaugh

Sam Bird, Judge.

This case involves the risk level assigned to udge. J. Claybaugh Jr. under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, which was enacted by the General Assembly for the express purpose of protecting the public from sex offenders and assisting law enforcement in so protecting the public safety. Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-902 (Repl. 2003); Kellar v. Fayetteville Police Dep’t, 339 Ark. 274, 5 S.W.3d 402 (1999). The Act specifies that individuals convicted of particular sex offenses must register with the State as sex offenders and must submit to an assessment of the risk that they…