Shoule Sex Offenders on Children?
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First they need to be castrated. Then locked up forever. No parole.\n\nRusco's got a good idea too!
263493
I saw one today. Ninfa. Isnt that awful? "nympho" Can you imagine the teasing this child will suffer? the parents should be arrested.
621569
I believe once a sex offender always a sex offender.\nIf I had a sex offender living on my street I would want to know about it and I think the neighbours should be very aware of this person as well.  It is unfortunate that they will never be trusted again but they should have thought of that before they did the act.
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We are way too easy on those who decide to abuse children. Here is my answer to these people who abuse our loved ones\nSex Offender Legislation “Wish List” \n1-GPS and lifetime supervision/treatment Law The failure of today's solutions regarding sexual offenders is because we are stuck in the strategy of “public notification” rather than “controlling offenders”. The current model puts the burden on parents rather than offenders, and makes the wrong people work to prevent abuse. Remotely (GPS) knowing where an offender is at all times throughout his lifetime can help to prevent that offender from creating new cases of sexual abuse.\n2-Include all known offenders in the management plan-for life. It is wrong to include just those under supervision since the Meagan’s Law was written. People do not ever age out of this behavior so why an old is charge less important than a new charge. Sexual offences are the most under reported crimes (according to the FBI). The fact that a molester has not been arrested recently does not necessarily means he has not offended. In my opinion all offenders should be included in any plan, regardless of when their offense occurred. I believe some states have done this already. \n3-Put all offenders , levels I, II or III on the website . I believe Florida does this. The leveling tool is very poor and pedophiles often end up with only a level I because they did not use force, and they superficially complied with treatment. The way the leveling system works pedophilic “groomers” who do not use force (and are the most busy of all offenders with hundreds of victims) are often not level III’s and therefore are able to have their offense relatively unknown. In New York for example offenders can lawyer up and reduce the “level” they get at their hearing. Molesters can assert they are “non violent”, “sober”, ect, and get the “points” reduced or get the judge to “override” the scale. Currently the public notification system is failing. All offenders of all levels should be on the website. \n4- “Victim Shield Law”. As you know one of the few protections we offer rape victims is “Rape shield laws”, in order to at least try and prevent a rape victim’s sexual history from being put on trial rather than the rapist. In child sexual abuse cases there are no “Rape shield laws” to prevent the victim, or the victim’s family (often the mother) from being made the center of negative attention. In the past defense lawyers for rapists would portray rape victims as promiscuous, today child molester’s lawyers portray victims and victim’s mothers as manipulative, litigious, unreliable, angry, mentally ill, sociopathic, medicated, or undedicated. Because we as a society love to blame women, especially mothers, molesters have been able to harness the misogyny in our culture in order to escape responsibility for their offences. Like the old rape cases that would revolve around the victims sexual past, today molester cases revolve around a child or a mother’s real or fictional problems instead of the focus of attention being the sexual abuse committed by the offender. I do not know if there can ever be a “victim shield law” to prevent the victim/victim’s mother being put on trial rather than the molester, but I know it would help victims avoid being re-traumatized in the system and help society hold sexual offenders accountable. One of the things to always remember with offenders is they are control seekers, and will take any opportunity to attack rather than just defend. They feel entitled to their behavior and see being held accountable as an injustice they are being forced to suffer, and they have zero guilt in harming any number of people (even their children) in order to escape the consequences they deserve.\n5-Plea deals down to “Endangering the welfare of a minor”. Despite the underlying behavior being the sexual abuse of children offenders are often
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The first step in protecting children from these types of people are the parents of said children. Making sure from the 'get-go' that there is open comunication between the children and parents. There are no secrets between them.\n You have to build a strong trust with your children.\n Where they can come and talk to you about ANYTHING.\n There is probly no more of it going on now as was 40 years ago.\n But now you have the world media reporting every case that comes up.\n So if you live in "No-Where Idaho.On the TV you will hear of cases in Florida, New York, even in Asia.\n It seems that ALL of society is going into the waste basket.\n Where in reality...how many have you heard about happening in your local?\n  If it has happened in your local? Ask this. \n What did  the parent/guardians do,or did not do, to possibly prevent it? What social upbringing did the child get? Was this child taught to be leary of strangers? Or question the demands of a family friend or relative?\n One way is to teach the children NO ONE can/should touch them where their underwear or swimsuit covers. Except maybe a doctor. And that is with a parent present.\n Now that the laws have focused on this crime more then what was 40 years ago. And they get stricter and stricter each time.\n Has anyone noticed that more and more victims are turning up dead? Instead of being alive to eventually report it?\n Think about it... This guy rapes a child. Left alive. This kid can send him to prison...for-sure.\n Now if he kills the child? \n1: Gets rid of the primary witness against him.\n2: If he does get caught,tried and convicted?\n    He goes to prison on the murder charge. Which means death row and solitary confinement. Instead of into the gerneral prison population where he will probly be killed anyway but in a slow and tortured way.\n There are some that say "Yes". "That way we know our children are safe." Yes safe,for now, from the ones in prison.\n But what about the ones possibly living in your neighborhood that have not been caught yet.? Or possibly the one that just moved into the house next door? Or the new spouse of your sister or brother. Or if you are divorced with children. What about your new spouse?\n Our children will never be safe if you depend on the system and it's laws to do it. Laws are made to deal with a crime after it was commited. Not prevent it.\n It is up to you as a parent or guardian to do the extra effort to prevent  anything like this from happening to your children.\n All the prevention is in your hands. No one elses.
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this is a great website...often times, they even have photos of the offenders in your area.\nhttp://www.familywatchdog.us/Search.asp
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First, it's too bad they ever get out of jail.  Second, they do have sites on the internet you can check to see if a registered sex offender lives near you, but they are inherenlty flawed.  I don't think a  sign would work.  I do think that a real estate agent and local sherrif should tell the entire neighborhood as to what is happening though.
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Go to http://www12.familywatchdog.us/   \n\nThis site allows you to search for sex offenders who live near you as well as looking for them by name.
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First of all try to realize there are many more sex offenders who have never been caught and are not registered. You may live near or work with one and not even know it. Try not to become a vigilante in your frenzy to protect children.\n\nA registered offender can be designated as habitual or non-habitual, and aggravated or non-aggravated. Perhaps this is what that listing is referring to.\n\nDepending on the state you live in, being registered does not necessarily mean they cannot be with children, especially if they have finished their probation. Mostly it limits how close to a school they can live based on their offense.\n\nIf you go out of your way to make life more difficult (than it already is) for this person, it will only increase his chances of re-offending.
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www.mapsexoffenders.com.  I went to that site and didnt find anything on him but that doesnt mean he's not creepy.  Just keep an eye on him.  You can find other websites that will show sex offenders, but thats the only one I know of.  Keep an eye on the guy.
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Please check the FBI web-site.  They list all sex offenders by state.  The site includes current address and a picture of the person.
1010658
I agree!!!!! there are too many sick child molesters in this world. when they get caught they get slapped on the wrist by the justice system, then alot of times they end up killing Innocent little children. I think they should get a long jail sentence the first time they hurt a child!
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The first few posters don't have a clue as to what they're talking about - strictly speaking from the emotions rather than from logic. Because California has been registering sex offenders since 1947 and Megan's List goes back to 1944, the felony sex offenders who did molest children did their offenses WAY back (like 40 years ago) and we don't think it proper to put someone in state prison for life for child molesting (25 years, but not life). And since California has something like 107 different offenses that qualify someone for a sex offender in this state, many of these are felony sex offenders, but the majority are not child molesters.\n\nI wonder when society is going to realize that a sex offender is an offender but not necessarily a child molester or child rapist. \n\nAlso some of you stated that they should clear out the petty thieves and place the sex offenders back into prison. Ever hear of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights? Ex post facto? Do these concepts ring a bell with anyone?  Once you have paid the consequences at the time of sentencing, the government cannot re-arrest you to pay additional consequences for the same offense. \n\nI seriously doubt if the GPS requirement will go through. The state currently has 1,000 high risk sex offendes on GPS. This initiative is talking about placing 80,000 anklets on felony sex offenders. The cost is astronomical and seriously limited technologically. The California Department of Corrections has a hard enough time handling the 1,000. Multiply that by 80 and it's nearly impossible.  \n\nTwo other considerations - the state has not had an epidemic of sexual offending by strangers, never has. Most of these stranger danger cases have happened in other states and opportunistic politicians (Sharon and George Runner, sponsors of 83) have taken advantage of the public hysteria. We do have interfamilial child sex abuse cases, as do all states. Yet GPS will not work within homes. Expensive and useless technology.\n\nThe other consideration - the politicians who were up for reelection wanted 83, the public wants it, but the experts who deal with the problem day in and day out (parole agents, the California Coalition on Sex Offending, CALCASA (84 sexual assault advocacy centers), and many, many others thought it was a red herring. \n\nIt's hardly a liberal judge thing letting people out of prison. If anything, California is a punitive state when it comes to criminal justice system. But our prisons are extremely overcrowded. We just went on a prison building spree to build spaces for 100,000 prisoners in the past 20 years; we now have 173,000 in state prison alone. The feds have threatened to take it over. This propsotion will just add to the problem and may be the tipping point to a federal take over. \n\nYou reap what you sow. California has been in a get tough on crime for a long time, but the taxpayers don't want to pay the bill. something's got to give.
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I don't know, but I would think it's extremely dangerous to put convicted sex offenders in a group home with mentally challenged people. Sounds like it'd be just too easy in that environment for a sex offender to re-offend. Does that make sense?
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There is some monitoring in most states for sex offenders. I have listed a website that is worth looking at. You type in your address and it shows you where the listed sex offenders are. It gives you pictures of the offender and information about the type of crime. You should check it out.
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You can go to www.familywatchdog.com and look up sex offenders anywhere...
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I don't think the Sex Offenders Register is available for public use, simply because we would end up with the Sun runnign lynchign campaigns all over the place! THere is a good FAQ article from the Guardian here:\nhttp://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,,1689260,00.html\n\nIf you have any serious concerns and evidence I woudl go to your local police station and discuss it with them.