After nearly 25 years of service with the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department (MCAPD) which included her holding positions as a presentence screener, Adult Probation Officer and Supervisor in the Presentence Investigations and Sex Offender Divisions, Beth Hoel retired and formed her consulting company, BHG Consulting Group. BHG provides consultation to attorneys, clients, and their families regarding the justice system specific to sexual offenses and provides in-depth, quality mitigation reports to the Court on all types of criminal cases. Beth also provides training and education on the effective practices of sex offender risk management. With a belief in taking a holistic approach to sexual abuse cases, Beth works with families to address and heal trauma and rehabilitate the offender when possible. Beth is passionate about the justice system, especially the specialized area of sexual offenses and works to improve the system from all aspects with a goal of making the next generation a healthier one where fewer are impacted by sex crimes.

As an Adult Probation Officer, Beth held a sex offender caseload for the duration of her time in the field prior to her promotion to probation supervisor in 2008. For more than fourteen years Beth held the position as supervisor in the Sex Offender Division of MCAPD which oversees the supervision of more than 3000 sex offenders in Maricopa County. She led a unit consisting of both Intensive and Standard Probation Officers who utilized the Offender Screening Tool (OST), the Field Reassessment Offender Screening Tool (FROST), the Static 99R, the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS) and the ACUTE to identify risk, needs and interventions. She is trained to utilize the STABLE assessment, score the Static 99R assessment and developed and trained staff on a variety of sex offender topics, including the Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment.

 She is trained in Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS II). In her position, Beth collaborated with treatment providers to develop the Introduction to Sex Offender Treatment (ISOT) curriculum and training. She served a variety of families who have been impacted by a member of their family on probation for a sexual offense and has successfully navigated them through the reunification process in collaboration with treatment providers and officers. She ensured the results of the stacked assessments accurately and effectively drove case plans and supervision strategies and were utilized to guide recommendations when writing presentence, probation violation reports and memoranda to the Court. Beth led the team from MCAPD when the early termination criteria was developed in Maricopa County in collaboration with stakeholders. In addition, she oversaw the risk assessment scores guide decisions regarding what additional testing and treatment interventions were necessary to enhance community safety and aid positive behavioral change within the offender.

Beth received acknowledgement in the white paper, “A Five-Level Risk and Needs System: Maximizing Assessment Results in Corrections through the Development of a Common Language,” managed the SOTIPS grant for MCAPD from 2012-2017 and serves on the Governor’s Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women. Throughout her years of service, Beth built a network of contacts and excelled at collaboration throughout the entire justice system. Beth has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Arizona State University.