what's ur view on sex offender registering?
540257
No, the registries should not be public. Let me tell you what exactly these registries are doing. #1. They have never and will never save a child. #2. The original intent of the registries were for Sexually Violent Predators and for law enforcement only. They should still be that way. #3. Have you ever heard of the Edward G. Byrnne Fund? That is WHY the states have so many on their registries. They get more money. Your tax dollars as a matter of fact. Some states, especially Florida have deceased, deported and people that don't even live in Florida on their registry. This is called double dipping. Some states have the Offender pay to be registered. This is also called double dipping. But you people just go right ahead and let the Government eat up your tax dollars for something that will NEVER work. Sex offenses are committed 90 to 95% of the time by someone known to you and/or your child. \n\nWe can spend billions of dollars on a registry that will never work. It is based solely on knee jerk, vote grabbing legislation. But, our Seniors do without their medications, our children suffer in the schools because there isn't enough money for education. Many of our children have no health insurance. So go ahead and be all for something that will never work. Waste your tax dollars. Allow the politicians and the media to brainwash you. As for me, I will continue to research and learn.
273749
THE TERM *SEX OFFENDER* MEANS THAT THEY HAVE HURT ANOTHER PERSON IN A DEVIOUS WAY. THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY EXISTS FOR A REASON:BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE THAT COMMIT *SEX OFFENDER* ACTS RE-OFFEND. TELL A MOTHER OF A 12 YEAR OLD THAT THE OFFENDER HAD ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF A SEX CRIME AND WAS *REHABILITATED* WHILE THE MOTHER IS HOLDING HER HAND AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
1128612
Our society likes to believe we practice what we preach but we don't.  If you have served your sentence then you have paid your debt and your past should be forgiven.  However, what you did and your chances of re-offending are fair considerations to potential employers.  I am an active advocate for survivors of sexual assault and child rape/sexual assault.  Pedophiles and rapists are very low on my list of who to help next, but, with sex offenders mandatory registration, I can't help but think we are creating more problems.  Sex offenders need to support themselves but I don't want them around vulnerable populations.  So it is a very difficult situation to solve.
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National Sex Offender Public Registry
1152152
I think there does need to be some sort of way to keep track of sexual offenders, and they do need to be kept away from children.  Research shows that most sexual offenders who victimize children continue to victimize children over and over again.  Those people need to be on the registry, and they need to be kept away from children.\n\nI don't think sexual offenders should be let out of jail as easily as they get out. I'd prefer longer prison sentences for them, with mandatory counseling while they're in prison.  \n\nAt the same time, I think there needs to be distinctions made on the sexual offender registry.  There needs to be a registry for those who commit crimes against children.  Not for someone who is on the registry because, at age 18, they had sex with their 16 year old girlfriend or boyfriend.  That person is guilty of statutory rape, but that's not of the same level as someone who victimizes a child.
984652
Actually, Megan's Law doesn't stop abuse. It only names those who are sex offenders. Study after study in the U.S. show that the majority of child sexual abuse is committed by people the child already knows - parents, step parents, family relatives and friends, babysitters, coaches, teachers, youth pastors, etc. So this fact makes it unlikely that you can protect your child from danger by looking at such a registry. You're better off screening the adults who know your child, and being careful which of these adults are alone with your child. They're more likely to offend than some stranger down the street or in the next town over.
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Here in lies the delimma.......what IS the sex OF that sex offender?? In these times..I see a growing percentage of sex offenders being female....should this law also mean death to females as well??\n\nDouble-standards dont work in a democracy.\n\nNo..I think its an illness..and unless you want to start killing Downs Syndrome folks...retarded folks....and other mentally challenged folks..then no...I say it is wrong to fault a subconcious illness. What next...death to all Sickle cell patients?? The disease IS transferrable from mother to child ya know??
247127
Do you mean pedophiles or all sex offenders? \n\nI know a guy that peed off the side of a boat and another boat passed by and a boy saw him. He has to register. Should he be locked up for life? \n\nMaybe you should do some research and educate yourself before asking such questions. Be more specific... I think you meant to ask if pedophiles and violent rapists should be sentenced to life... is that what you meant?
777094
In Canada the public does not have access to the National Sex Offender Registry. It is a database that provides Canadian police services with important information that will improve their ability to investigate crimes of a sexual nature.
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Why do you need this information? Are you wanting to be the next vigilante? Are you planning what has been done in Washington State and in Maine?\n\nIf you are wanting this information because you have children. You are the only one that can protect them. A registry will not do so. Your child has a higher chance of being harmed by a first time offender, drug dealer/user, drunk driver, parental neglect, drowning or a playground accident than they have of being harmed by a rehabilitated former sex offender.\n\nSupervise your child at all times when they are outside, at the store with you, at a Sporting or other event, at a Circus or Fair and when they are on the internet. You are the ONLY one that can guarantee their safety. Also, there is a 90 to 95% chance that a child will be molested by a first time offender who is known to the family. This can be a relative, parent, close friend, or persons of trust/authority, such as, teachers, coaches, Scout leaders, police officers, etc.\n\nBe active in your childs life. Be there at all times. Your child will be safe that way.
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Crime does not pay!  looking up criminals?  pay up! \n\nahaha ooo I crack myself up! \n\nSeriously, I don't think there is something like that for every crime.  I'm sure there is a sex offender registry for your state but I dont know for other crimes.
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Virginia Sex Offender Registry
1121725
The registries do nothing but provide a false sense of security. They also do nothing but take the civil rights from those who have already paid their debt to society. The rehabilitated former sex offenders have an overall 3.5% reconviction rate. The rate for child molestation is 1.2% of that and the rate for reoffense in an incest situation is less than 1%. \n\nThere is no need for these registries as they have become. The original intent of these registries were to register the Sexually Violent Predators. This information was also ONLY for Law Enforcement use. They have now become nothing but a vigilante registry for death and harrassment. Even the offenders children are harrassed due to the registry. \n\nMany of the Romeo/Juliet situations go on to marry once the offender is out of jail and the younger is 18. We have many of them in our support group. Therefore, their love for each other, was made into a crime. Now they face harrassment, ostracization, vigilante acts and their children suffer the same. \n\n90 to 95% of sex offenses occur by someone known to the child. A relative, close family friend, well known neighbor, teacher, coach, another child, scout leader, minister, etc. If you people would pay attention to the fact that the registries are GROWING you would be able to see this. They sure aren't growing because of reoffenses.\n\nThis is all nothing but knee jerk, get me more votes legislation. Now it is sex offenders, what group will be next?\n\nAlso, your child has a much higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, gang related incident, drowning, playground accident or struck by lightening than they have of being harmed by a registered rehabilitated sex offender.
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Because it gives parents a false sense of security. I hope they make registries for arsonists, drug dealers (especially dealers that sell to kids), people with violent tempers, corrupt politicians and cops, and murderers (they can even list those convicted of manslaughter in with the murderers so people will assume the worse, like they do with the sex offenders.)\n\nJust keep in mind that not all sex offenders are pedophiles. Most people tend to lump them all together.
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sex offenders should have their balls cut off.. this law is not nearly enough..\n\ntwisted donut.. \n\nno sex offender is a one time person doing a stupid thing.. i suggest you do some research in that particular sexual varience.. \n\n>>>psychology lesson... pedophelia is a mental disorder.. many people can live with it and not actually commit a crime against a child.. once they do.. they are a threat to society.. it sounds harsh.. but if you have the background on the disorder you cant excuse it.. there is no mental illness that has a "cure" ... but people can live with a disorder and still be productive members of society this is what psychologists refer to in the field as "recovery"\n...\nas for laws not stopping them...\n\nthats why i said cut their balls off..\n\nchs is right about it being a feel good law. (somewhat).. but his background in law obviouslly lacks a foundation in the psychology behind this issue..\n\ni say somewhat.. because he fails to mention the proposed mandatory minimum sentences in these new laws which keep these nuts off the streets..(there are a lot of new laws being proposed on this topic every day..) instead he has seemed to take the route of only addressing how these laws are to be used as a deterrent.
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National sex offender registry:\n\nhttp://www.nsopr.gov/
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The sex offender registry is basically a combination of McCarthyism blacklisting and the Scarlet Letter. \n\nEvery American is granted Due Process of the Law by the Constitution. This means they cannot be punished until proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt in a court of law. \n\nThe sex offender registry is a list of people that "might" be a threat and "might" commit another crime. They are being punished for a crime they have NOT even committed yet. \n\nThe only way for this to be Constitutional is if they courts could PROVE beyond the shadow of a doubt that this person is going to offend again. But unless the judge is a psychic... \n\nThey also require sex offenders to live a certain distance from a school. This gives the public a false sense of security. If a pedophile is psychotic enough and has the sexual urge to kidnap and molest a child, the distance rule is not going to stop him. That is like a bank robber worrying about getting a speeding ticket in his getaway car. \n\nOver 90% sex offenses on children happen with someone they already know and have access to.