Sex offenders in your neighborhood.

**Cincy'sMom** · 10-09-2005, 08:27 AM

When my sister and Brian were looking to buy their house, the realator had them get on this site, or a similar one, and check the area before they bought the house. Not a bad idea, with a small child to think of.

I put in our address and wow!!! Toledo is awful!!! 8 offernders in our "big" block alone!! Look closer to the inner city, and there are more coclors then I can count! Scary!

**QueenScoopalot** · 10-10-2005, 10:16 AM

I'm surrounded! No faces I recognize yet. The one problem with databases like this is if you are caught urinating in public (indecent exposure), you can be labeled a sex offender.

Makes me wonder how many listed are human, as opposed to true preditors who need to be known.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 10-10-2005, 12:52 PM

The only problem I see in Nevada is that if you're under 18 (and male, the law isn't supposed to be biased but I've never seen anyone win pressing charges against a female), and you have consensual sex with a person who is also under 18, the parents can press charges (without the childs consent) and if they stick, they'll follow you into adulthood unlike other juvinile offenses. A friend of mine has to register as a "sex offender" for the rest of his life because of this. I agree that it is good for parents to know if a sex offender lives in the neighborhood but I disagree that some people have to register, especially if the act was consentual.

I've heard of too many cases where a woman has "regrets" about the act and will press charges of rape. Here, a precident has been set that the woman is always right and the guy is always lying. It isn't right, but it DOES happen. I wonder how may people are victims of this type of bias?

**ramanth** · 10-10-2005, 03:30 PM

It lists a bit of info under "Convictions", so you could ask a lawyer or go to any law library and look up the specifics of that crime.

I have mostly green squares around me and two red. There is one red square less than a mile from the high school where my family grew up.

Scary.

**Scooby4** · 10-10-2005, 06:55 PM

I am not too worried about the ones that do show up on the website... I am worried about the ones that haven't!!! The people on the website are only there because they got "Caught". They know about their rights and rules and what happens if they violate them.
There was a story recently about a little girl getting shot and killed because she was going to tell on her friend's father for molesting his daughter!

The father shot the girl so she wouldn't tell. Could you imagine what his daughter is going through? She was too scared to speak up so her friend was going to do it for her.

Instead of worrying about identifying the posted offenders, let's worry about the signs of the ones NOT caught. Let's make sure our children understand what "good/bad touch" is and who to talk to about it. We should also amend our laws so that teenage boyfriend/girlfriend offenses aren't treated as harshly. I have no problem with an 18 year old dating a 16 year old.

I do have a problem with 16 and younger having been violated by adults. At age 16 your old enough to drive to the police station and be believed.

**JenBKR** · 10-11-2005, 12:43 PM

Ugh, I click on the link, but can't get the site to load

Sex offenders on the website are still scary, and it's so important to know who they are and where they live. They don't believe that they are doing anything wrong, and a very high percentage of them recidivate. Remember that little girl that was recently killed in Florida by a registered sex offender?

**JenBKR** · 10-11-2005, 01:29 PM

Finally got the state to load...but PA is not on there! They did state on there that they hope to have all states loaded by Oct. 20, so I'll just keep checking back. Thanks for posting the link!