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$fourteenthstar Feb 18, 2007

Details of some high risk sex offenders could be published on the internet to alert parents, justice minister Cathy Jamieson has confirmed.

Offenders who fail to co-operate with the police or abscond from the address they have given could have their details published on a special website.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre publishes details of the UK's most wanted sex offenders.

The Scottish Executive is working to ensure it is available in Scotland.

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As someone who's worked with sex offenders as well as sex crime victims, I'm not to sure how I feel about this. I've seen a lot of retributional attacks on various sides of the fence after court cases here, and I'm a bit concerned about how this is all monitored and controlled.

I believe this is a practice already in place in the USA, and wondered if anyone has any knowledge and/or experience of how this has impacted on geographic communities, as well as online communities?

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*ZOKMAN Jul 5, 2007

I don't give a shit. lol

~Bladed-Truth Jul 8, 2007

*insert witty comeback here*

~DemonsTelMe2BuyCandy Feb 26, 2007

The two biggest problems are the flaws within the system and the general public's apathy toward that issue.

I have said for a very long time that the registry should employ some sort of threat level percentage system or something similar. Factors such as severity of the crime(s), psychological profile, number of crimes committed, age of offender when the crime(s) took place, amount of time that has passed since the crime(s) took place, and regular yearly or even quarterly psychological evaluations would be used in determining how much of a threat said offender is. This would be very useful in seperating the harmless sex offenders from those who are truly dangerous.

Unfortunately, as is evidenced by the majority reactions in threads such as this one, the general public does not care about that issue. They only care about feeling safe from the bogey man.

It doesn't help that most people are misinformed about sex offenders and the news media does nothing to help change that. Most people don't even know that sex offenders have the lowest recidivity rate of any group of criminals, nor do they know all of the different offenses that can make one a sex offender. They ignorantly believe that most sex offenders are repeat offenders who will rape and molest at any opportunity they get, and that if someone is on the registry they must have done something terrible. This problem is made even worse still by the media presenting stories of sex offenders frequently because it helps boost ratings. I don't know why, but people seem to have this sick desire to keep on seeing the things that they claim to want protection from.

~h18 Feb 27, 2007

A threat level system would be a fantastic addition. I couldn't possibly agree more.

*ZOKMAN Feb 26, 2007

What is a,... "harmless sex offender"?

~DemonsTelMe2BuyCandy Feb 27, 2007

I think TitaniumTeddyBear gave a pretty accurate answer for me.

*ZOKMAN Feb 27, 2007

I didn't care for Teddy's answer, as you can see.

I want yours.

~DemonsTelMe2BuyCandy Jul 2, 2007

Actually, indecent exposure is considered a sexual offense. Or at least, it is considered so here in Michigan. I don't know about other states. Anyway, here part of your sentence will include a mandatory minimum of 25 years of registration if you are caught in the act of indecent exposure. The mandatory minimum here is 25 years, regardless of the severity of the crime.

As well, I fail to see how an 18 year old who has to register as a sex offender because he had consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend could be considered dangerous. Yes, it does happen. Not in every state, but it does happen.

So whether you like it or not, those are two good examples of a harmless sex offender.

*ZOKMAN Jul 2, 2007

Old stale thread.
I was done with it months ago.

~DemonsTelMe2BuyCandy Jul 2, 2007

Meh, I saw the comments in my inbox having never been answered, and I was just in a mood.

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