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Don't they sort of "rate" the offense when they list the offenders in most registries? In my state they do, and they list the offenses. I very much doubt that someone who is classified as a "high risk sex offender" is a teenager who was convicted of statutory rape.

This is one area where I'll admit that I cannot step back and be unbiased. I can guarantee that I would not handle it well if a "high risk sex offender" moved into my area and I had one or more children (not meaning, of course, that I would pick up a pitchfork or anything).

PM, I haven't done the research you have, but to me, recidivism is very different in the case of sex crimes than, for example, B&E crimes. The sex crimes registry has a specific purpose to prevent a specific type of crime.

I've always wondered why people care so much more about knowing if someone in their neighborhood went streaking during college and got caught than if someone in their neighborhood went ballistic and murdered a couple people.

media hype.

My daughter found out that one lived across from her ( old house ) . I checked and there are several near me . I feel safe though !

There's a difference between public indecency and molesting a child. My neighbor, for instance, molested a 7 year old little girl in another state. There's a big difference.

I agree, there is. One that is very very rarely looked at when someone is listed as a sex offender. And no one seems to care that they might be living next to someone who might kill them and wear their skin as a hat, or else there would be the same sort of registry for violent crime that there is for sexual crime.

Personally, I'm wholeheartedly against any sort of registry at all.

I have a family member, who 20 years after the *fact* was convicted on trumped up charges from a convincing, money seeking person.. who admitted later to not remembering but was sure *something* had happened... She promptly sued and lost...

Being a victim I don't take this lightly, but I don't put much stock in solitary convictions either...

Hmmm... maybe they should have their own private housing communities and live with other registered offenders???

*sarcastic*

That's not a bad idea.:lol-sign:

Umm it was sarcastic... Its a horrid idea.

I understand about letting them go on with their lives and all, but stop and think for a minute. What if you had a little girl, and you found out that your next door neighbor had been convicted of raping little girls. And now he was out, and living in the house just yards from where your little girl plays. Would you seriously be okay with that? Would it not concern you at all? Just because they've 'served their time' does not mean that they won't do it again. That's how an offender become a repeat offender. And I, for one, would not want my child becoming the victim that makes that offender a repeat offender.

Not saying all offenders become repeat offenders. But I understand the hesitation and concern when finding out there's a sex offender near you.

I'm sorry. Did you not see the LOL ??

^^ this.

Even residency restrictions that in essence group them together in certain areas of the town are a bad idea.

First, they "normalize" the behavior... living around others who committed the same crimes, have the same "desires" creates a place where this behavior appears to be the status quo.

Second, theses areas are often in rural areas where access to treatment is burdened. Therefore, these people do not get the treatment they need.

No matter how heinous these crimes are, these people serve the time they get and often are committed after their sentence is over for extended treatment.

Once they return to society they should be allowed to attempt to live normal lives, by ostracizing them we create a situation where they are more tempted to reoffend.

Rather than focusing so much on how bad these people are, more focus needs to be on the treatment that these people are getting while they are in prison/committed.... because this treatment CAN be successful.

thats when you learn to be AWARE of yourself, your family, your neighbors, and your neighborhood, which people should do anyway...

I guess some people are more forgiving. I'm not one of those people. If you are perverted enough to rape a child, I couldn't care less about your rights.

Maybe it stems from the fact that my cousin was raped by a child molester when she was only 8. And he just happened to be their next door neighbor.

I agree. I also believe it's not a bad thing for people to know where they're located even if they have gotten treatment and are "better." They still have a past and could possibly still have the tendency to want to molest a child if they get the chance.

YES!!! people need to be aware of their surroundings ALWAYS... people need to protect their kids ALWAYS... your kid can just as easily be the offenders FIRST victim. The guy living next door to anybody could be a sex offender who hasnt offended yet.

Would it bother me.. for sure. Would I run them out of town and post their pic on the internet..No.

I would (gasp wait for it...) watch my child closely! I would make sure she was never left alone where she could be grabbed. I would teach her about not going places with non family members.... She would grow up safe and loved and then no longer be a target (if only young children were his thing)

Fore warned is fore armed.

I agree Amy. And that's where the registry comes in as a GOOD thing. It helps the public be AWARE of who's living around them. If there's a child molester next door to me (and there is), I want to know about it.

Sorry, no. I would under no circumstances live near a "high risk sex offender" if I had children. Call my a hysteric or whatever, but there is absolutely no way. And telling a child to "be aware" isn't something anyone can count on. Kids get abducted and sexually abused all of the time, kids whose parents have told them to yell "no" and tell an adult.

I'm all for advancing treatment options, I'm just saying that I would in no manner risk the wellbeing of any child of mine around a convicted sex offender.