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This is an online map kind of thing showing your house and where registered sex offenders live and/or work nearby. Just in my small-town neighborhood there are 2 reported rapists, 1 offender against children, and a handful of "other" offenders. Kind of surprising to me.
OMG there is one living on my son's street!!!! *runs off to call ex*
Mistress Darkflame wrote:
OMG there is one living on my son's street!!!! *runs off to call ex*
I just noticed you can click on the "list" tab at the top of the page to find out their names and exactly what the offense was. A lot of them have mug shots too.
Phew, doesn't work for Canada.
I'm safe for another decade.
I'm safe for another decade.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
I don't care for publishing peoples' names on the internet with little more than a green dot denoting what their crime was. Now the other dots, sure, but the green ones don't even have descriptions of what they've been convicted of, and if you can't tell by your own reaction those green dots may suffer some repercussion from members of the community. I just don't know how much harrassment anyone deserves for being a green dot.
Then again, I also have a jiggling *** for an avatar.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 00:27:10 2006 by Barkingturtle
Then again, I also have a jiggling *** for an avatar.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 00:27:10 2006 by Barkingturtle
^^^
A green dot on someone's map.
A green dot on someone's map.
Wow, I live in a real small town in New Mexico, and was very suprised to find 5 people on the list. As a high school teacher, that was troubling
Edited, Wed Mar 15 00:29:00 2006 by yenwangweh
Edited, Wed Mar 15 00:29:00 2006 by yenwangweh
Jawbox the Furtive wrote:
^^^
A green dot on someone's map.
A green dot on someone's map.
Well duh.
The Honorable yenwangweh wrote:
Wow, I live in a real small town in New Mexico, and was very suprised to find 5 people on the list. As a high school teacher, that was troubling
Let me guess, 4 of them work with you.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Yeah, wouldn't suprise me. Seeing how hard they checked backgrounds when I worked for the schools in California, I am sure New Mexico is even more lax...by the way, one of them lives right across the street from an elmentry school/ park. Ughh. 
There are 495 in my zip code. Suck that, New Mexico.
Damn, nevemind, that's in the whole city. Oh well.
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Hehe, yeah, you definately win that one. 
Actually, our whole state is one zip code. Now that is pathetic.
Seriously though, of the 495 in my city, maybe 5% of those are people not of the green box variety. I'd say even lower than that figure, but I made it up arbitrarily in the first place just to prove my point so it's irrelevant. I'm all for having databases available to the public to track violent and predatorial offenders, but I don't approve of people having their names published on such a provacative list with no charge what-so-ever attached. I'm assuming these are the indecent exposers and public urine/defecators(caught me), and I really don't think their identities need to be made public.
I'd rather have a list of burglars in my area.
I'd rather have a list of burglars in my area.
I can see your point about the green ones. All five in my area were underage sex offenders. I do not mind having there names and crimes mentioned.
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the green ones don't even have descriptions of what they've been convicted of
The particular statute is located under the "convictions" section and always involves crimes of a sexual nature. The green connotes a crime not against a minor. So if you're really that concerned about particular sex offender's particular crime, you can easily look up what exactly he or she did. I don't know about you, but I'm not cool with a rapist keeping his anonymity because some people feel that disseminating public knowledge to the public isn't that nice.
On another note, I was utterly surprised to find a red dot in my town of an acquaintance of mine that went to my high school. Would it be wrong for me to tell all the people that know said individual about his deviant status?
"Citing your sources isn't spoon feeding, it's basic 101 if you're making an argument."-Jophiel
Well, I did mine and... wow. Eighty-nine hits within 6 miles of my house, including someone convicted of two counts of child molestation and two counts of posessing child pornography, and he's 2 houses down from me. *shudder*
What's more, one street over there's a lady who was convicted of "insest with a child". I've even seen her in the store.
While I'm a big supporter for privacy laws and the rights of the convicted, some things SHOULD be public record. Any sex-related convictions involving a minor should be public knowledge for 10 years. Except in cases with extenuating circumstances. Like the guy in my hometown who was registered as a sex offender in the state of Florida for having sex with his girlfriend. Two weeks before her birthday, when she would've become legal. And he was only a couple of years older than she was. In that case, I don't think he should be a registered sex offender [for that matter, I don't think he should ever have been charged, since even the girl's parents didn't want charges pressed, but meh].
What's more, one street over there's a lady who was convicted of "insest with a child". I've even seen her in the store.
While I'm a big supporter for privacy laws and the rights of the convicted, some things SHOULD be public record. Any sex-related convictions involving a minor should be public knowledge for 10 years. Except in cases with extenuating circumstances. Like the guy in my hometown who was registered as a sex offender in the state of Florida for having sex with his girlfriend. Two weeks before her birthday, when she would've become legal. And he was only a couple of years older than she was. In that case, I don't think he should be a registered sex offender [for that matter, I don't think he should ever have been charged, since even the girl's parents didn't want charges pressed, but meh].
Doesn't the description of child sex offender get applied to those who have sex with someone just a couple years younger then them in number of cases?
I always feel a bit divided when seeing such listings as this, because I have to wonder if this isn't just some situation of someone being seventeen having sex with someone and the person getting in trouble for it or something.
Any idea if there's a way to check about such things?
I always feel a bit divided when seeing such listings as this, because I have to wonder if this isn't just some situation of someone being seventeen having sex with someone and the person getting in trouble for it or something.
Any idea if there's a way to check about such things?
Addikeys wrote:
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the green ones don't even have descriptions of what they've been convicted of
The particular statute is located under the "convictions" section and always involves crimes of a sexual nature. The green connotes a crime not against a minor. So if you're really that concerned about particular sex offender's particular crime, you can easily look up what exactly he or she did.
Yeah, you know, I hadn't even thought of checking under convictions to see what sort of laws had been broken. I'm wondering where you found the info you just relayed? Not one of the green dots on my map has anything listed under convictions, and as far as I'm reading only the red dots have been convicted of crimes against minors. I question the validity of any of the information being shared by this particular site, though, as my 495 results returned contain not one yellow dot. The yellow ones are supposed to be rapists. So are some of those green dots with no conviction listed actually rapists? Or are there just no pure rapists in my city? Well I wouldn't know, but I do know that the gravity of the charges require impeccable accuracy, and I think it's safe to say this site fails to deliver that.
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I'm wondering where you found the info you just relayed?
Sorry for my ignorance. All I looked at was St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland and every one I clicked on revealed the statute or a description of the crime. Most had pictures of the offenders. Some even had links to the crime.
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So are some of those green dots with no conviction listed actually rapists? Or are there just no pure rapists in my city? Well I wouldn't know, but I do know that the gravity of the charges require impeccable accuracy, and I think it's safe to say this site fails to deliver that.
I think it really depends on the laws of the jurisdiction. If no yellow or blue dots appear, the state may lump all those crimes together and provides degrees of criminal sexual conduct (like Michigan does). Though I don't know what city you live in, there may not be any "pure" rapists. Is it fair to lump in public urinators with people that rape individuals 18 and over? I don't think so. If you appear on a map for that offense, you may want to see what you can do to get off of it. Still, the information is available to the public and I think it's a great service. If you fall in this category, you may want to talk to a lawyer and seek a permanent injunction against the website for portraying you as a rapist (if they aren't listing your crime). At the very least, you should have them correct their information.
"Citing your sources isn't spoon feeding, it's basic 101 if you're making an argument."-Jophiel
I guess the definition of the offender is different in each state. In some a public urination charge might be accompanied by a public lewdness charge. Or that streaking incident in college, might give you the same charge. For my state the definition appears to be fairly high, the dots I clicked seemed to be only rape and sexual assualt, as there was not a single offender with in a mile of my house and I live in NYC. =)
One thing to note is that the Bronx must be the Sex offender capital of the world, the entire borough is covered with dots.
I was a little perturbed that they only show public schools on the map. My sons parochial school was not shown. What is that, some sort of discrimination?
Edited, Wed Mar 15 08:00:56 2006 by fhrugby
One thing to note is that the Bronx must be the Sex offender capital of the world, the entire borough is covered with dots.
I was a little perturbed that they only show public schools on the map. My sons parochial school was not shown. What is that, some sort of discrimination?
Edited, Wed Mar 15 08:00:56 2006 by fhrugby
fhrugby wrote:
I was a little perturbed that they only show public schools on the map. My sons parochial school was not shown. What is that, some sort of discrimination?
God loves a good molestin' from time to time
Public schools are public and maybe easier for this company to track down?
Massachusetts actually lists names, addresses and pictures of level 3 sex offenders. Level 3 being the worst of the worst.
http://ma-sorb.gis.net/search.htm
WOOHOO i got 138 and 4 red dots on my road alone!
wait.. that sucks....
and alot are REALLY close to the schools right near me
it needs to be more specific on charges though =/
wait.. that sucks....
and alot are REALLY close to the schools right near me
it needs to be more specific on charges though =/
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