Colorado § 18-6.5-101 Legislative declaration

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§ 18-6.5-101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 18-6.5-101

Title 18Criminal

Art.Wrongs to At-risk Adults

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-6.5-101 (2026).

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The general assembly recognizes that
fear of mistreatment is one of the major personal concerns of at-risk persons and
that at-risk persons are more vulnerable to and disproportionately damaged by
crime in general but, more specifically, by abuse, exploitation, and neglect because
they are less able to protect themselves against offenders, a number of whom are
in positions of trust, and because they are more likely to receive serious injury from
crimes committed against them and not to fully recover from such injury. At-risk
persons are more impacted by crime than the general population because they tend
to suffer great relative deprivation, financially, physically, and psychologically, as a
result of the abuses against them. A significant number of at-risk persons are not
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The general assembly recognizes that
fear of mistreatment is one of the major personal concerns of at-risk persons and
that at-risk persons are more vulnerable to and disproportionately damaged by
crime in general but, more specifically, by abuse, exploitation, and neglect because
they are less able to protect themselves against offenders, a number of whom are
in positions of trust, and because they are more likely to receive serious injury from
crimes committed against them and not to fully recover from such injury. At-risk
persons are more impacted by crime than the general population because they tend
to suffer great relative deprivation, financially, physically, and psychologically, as a
result of the abuses against them. A significant number of at-risk persons are not
as physically, intellectually, or emotionally equipped to protect themselves or aid in
their own security as non-at-risk persons in society. They are far more susceptible
than the general population to the adverse long-term effects of crimes committed
against them, including abuse, exploitation, and neglect. The general assembly
therefore finds that penalties for specified crimes committed against at-risk
persons should be more severe than the penalties for the commission of the same
crimes against other members of society.

Legislative History

Source: L. 91: Entire article added, p. 1778, � 2, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1733, � 22, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1394), ch. 172, p. 545, � 1, effective July 1.