We are proud and excited to introduce this special issue as the first deliverable of the recently formulated collaborative organization – the Sex Offense Policy Research Working Group (SOPR). This group is made up of academics and practitioners who came together with a shared vision to produce and disseminate research. Our goal is to encourage evidence based public policy that addresses the treatment, management, and prevention of sexual offending in our communities. Our mission is to build ‘a supportive community for both established and emerging scholars in the field, forging constructive partnerships with policymakers and criminal agencies, and advancing empirical knowledge to inform the development and implementation of evidence-informed public polices’ (www.sopresearch.org/bylaws).