Why aren't the Level 2 offender posted on the State Police web page? I live on the MA/RI line and Massachusetts has both Level 2 and 3 on their site.

I am a rape victim. First, I am a law-abiding citizen (woman), and NO I am not a sex offender, registered or otherwise.

I am posting this comment because I am confused as to WHY we have/need/want a SO registry. I was raped before there was a registry; the man had no priors so the registry wouldn't have helped me.

Being raped/molested is a horrible thing to go through. I think people forget that in order to be put on the registry, the guy has to molest/rape someone. Since I obviously know my attacker's first and last name, I have checked on my state's DOC website to see if he has struck again. I am glad that he is not on the SO list or prison list. I take it to mean he has probably not raped anyone else. For me to hope that he is on the list, or that he has not changed, is for me to hope that others will be raped. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Someone made a comment that there shouldn't be more than one SO allowed to live on the same street. How does that keep your children safe? How many SO's need to be around for a child to be harmed? It only takes one. When I was a kid, there was no SO list. My parents told me not to be alone or go with ANYONE they hadn't approved of in advance. That is what we should teach our children now. Just because someone isn't on the list doesn't mean that that person isn't a sicko. I also wonder why nobody is interested in a registered murderers list, or how about just child abusers in general? If you think about it, why should a bank robber ever be allowed within 1,000 feet of a bank? As a rape victim, I should be more concerned with "the list" than anybody. But I don't check the list for my area. How would it keep me safe to know if a convicted rapist is living next door or down the street? I make it a point to never be alone with men I don't know well, period. That is the easiest way to stay safe, and I tell my children to do likewise. It would be little solace for me if my child were the first victim who caused someone to be registered. That wouldn't save my child I am also confused as to why an SO can't live within 1,000 feet of a school. If they didn't care to abide by the law that says you can't hurt children in the first place, do you really think a determined pervert will obey some ordinance? It will NOT keep our children safer. I would challenge anyone to tell me how this list and other SO laws are keeping our children safe.

Concerned Citizen:



Perhaps if you would have reported him he would be on the registry, but in any case solely in my opinion the purpose of the registies are to allow people access to the information that someone already convicted once of a sex related crime may be closer than they think and that they may need to be more mindful of their activities.



As an example, maybe a woman likes to sunbath nude in a private partitioned area of her yard which pervents her from being seen directly, though it's probably not a locked area. maybe she would create a locked area or move to the other side of the house and/or take other precautions if she was aware that a potentialy sexual desperate person lived right next door and could just run in there on her and have their way with her.

As I stated, at the time I was raped, there was no registry. I did report him.

Here's a thought: please don't sunbathe nude in an unlocked area. Why would someone only lock the area if an SO lived next door? What if an SO from across town happened to be walking by? We should not forget that an SO is not registered until AFTER they do something! You could be the first victim for someone who hasn't been registered. Also alot of SO's give fake addresses or don't register at all. Be careful with everyone, whether they have a record or not.

The registy is helpful in this way, I had a sex offender living in the apartment building I lived in. I never had a clue he was a SO. I had met and spoke with this man on several occasions and believe me I thought he was a nice, responsible man. Had I not seen him on the registry I would not have been concerned with this man being around my children.

this is in reply to the Concerned Citizen, Please Explain to me how in the world you can possibly be confused as to WHY we have/need/want a SO registry. Especially if you are a rape victim. Has it occurred to you that him not being on the SO Registry may simply mean that he has'nt been caught again since there was no registry when you were raped., that his victims may be women or children that have been terrified into not coming forward????.... And you are correct As a rape victim, YOU!!!should be more concerned with "the list" than anybody. You are also correct about your comment on a sex offender living within 1000 ft of a school, this part of your comment anyway "If they didn't care to abide by the law that says you can't hurt children in the first place, do you really think a determined pervert will obey some ordinance? " All of your confusion is EXACTLY WHY we need a SO Registry. Because these sicko's oblivously don't obey the law.....so WE ALL need and want to know who and where they are so that if indeed they are on the list we know to stay away form them. Not being alone with men will not keep YOU or YOUR children from being abducted and or raped. So belive me, knowing who and where a sex offender is, is far safer than living in a shell not knowing where he is.

As for murder's, bank robbers ect... you can go to the State police and get anyone's record if you have a reason to.

Barb,

You are right on 2 points: Just because the man who raped me isn't on the SO list it doesn't mean that he hasn't raped anyone else. Maybe he hasn't been caught since. That is MY point. Don't just worry about who is on the list, you have to be careful about everybody who is around you or your kids.

Also, you are right when you said if I am worried about drug dealers, etc. you can check their records at the police station. Why isn't that system good enough for convicted sex offenders?

The main problem I have with the registry is all of the hysteria. While some people are worried about the guy in their apartment building who is a registered sex offender living next door, what about the guy who lives across the hall who may be a molester but he just hasn't been caught yet? It seems like people assume that if someone isn't on "the list" that they are OK. We shouldn't get complacent about people just because they aren't listed. Be wary about everyone, especially around your children.

Again, I am a rape victim and it probably seems odd that I am against the list. This is because even if there had been a list in 1990, it wouldn't have helped me. My attacker didn't have any priors. Maybe he had never been caught before, or maybe I was his first. Every depraved pervert has to have a FIRST victim. Try your best to make sure it isn't you! That is what I don't see people talking about...just those who have already been caught. It isn't always possible to protect yourself, even with the list, but we should try to be careful of anyone.

You said that if you hadn't seen this man on the list, you wouldn't have been concerned about him being around your children? Why not? Alot of people are not on the list who haven't been caught yet. Or, someone else might not be on the list because they have records as long as your arm for violent assaults that were not sexual. You wouldn't want those people around your children either. Don't let the registry lull you into thinking that everyone NOT on the list is safe around your kids.

i do think there needs to be a SO registry list that includes level 2 and level 3 offenders. true you have to careful with your children regardless of whether a SO list exists. at least if i knew there was an offender in my neighborhood, believe you, me. i would do my best to run him out of the neighborhood. these pigs do not deserve freedom, they deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives. there is no such thing as rehabilitation for these people.

I would just like to say that I am very happy there are so many sex offender laws popping up all over the place. Sex Offenders are having to live further and further away from any school, bus stop, day care center, etc.. and that is good. Because now they will be pushed out of our towns. Right? That is a good thing. WRONG! Now for the bad news... Now they are going to have to find out the addresses of all the schools, daycare centers, bus stops and what ever other place that they would otherwise not know about. And they can go right to the local sheriff, the state welfare, and social departements to get that information. They will be required to divulge that information. This will give the sex offender who doesn't live within a footage of these places, an opportunity to find a place far enough away not to get caught. Having these laws do nothing but inform the determined offender of the convenient locations where he could offend. Good luck in stopping the madness. None of the sex offender laws will stop someone who WANTS to offend from offending. I know this because I am a convicted sex offender.

The sex offender registry does not protect our children. The people we are worrying about are the wrong people. After all, the people on the registry are abiding by the laws. It is the people that are evading because of the constant scrutiny of the public that we might be worried about more. Not to mention the fact that 87% of sex crimes are commited by someone other than a registered sex offender. There is no way to know who is going to hurt our children. The only way to protect them is to be more aware of what they are doing. Something that we should be doing anyway! My husband is on the registry. My family goes through hell. I have concerns for my children just as any other mother does. However, I do not believe that a sex offender registry is going to save my children. I am not that nieve. I worry more about vigilantism than I do about my children being hurt by someone on a registry. Ya'll need to get a damn grip. Watch your own children and quite hiding behind a registry.

This comment is to Rainey,

My husband is also on the list. I also have 2 sons. Unfortunately, due to the 1000 foot rule my husband has had to move out of our home of 14 yrs. I am now forced to be a single parent to our children. Yes, People tell me I could move, but does anyone know what uprooting 2 teenage boys would do to them mentally. They already face the scrutiny people judge them by because there Dad is on the list. The only part of our land in violation of the law is the back 17 feet of a 200 foot yard. People do not understand us. Look foward to hearing from you again.

OK, Heres the deal. As a registered sex offender, I can get up in the morning, grab my lawn chair, and sit across from the school, but when I go to sleep at night, I must be over 1000 ft away. What is this law going to accomplish? Remove those on the list, from their support systems, which has been proven to be THE detering factor. Group all of the offenders in one area to feed off of one another? Force a mother to become a "single" parent? The intentions of the law are well understood, and that concern is understood, but is it accomplishing what it was set out to do? Not everybody on the list are predators, not everyone on the list is actually guilty of any offenses involving children. Furthermore, those who lived within this buffer zone prior to the law taking effect, are NOW a danger? How is the offender a danger at 1000 ft, but not at 1000 ft? assume the property were within mere feet of the buffer zone, and the property were divided? are they now less of a threat?

Think about what you are trying to accomplish, and if this is doing it..

Whats wrong with those sick people, damn sex offenders have plenty of prostitues and etc. out there to have sex with and they don't have to hurt a innocent child or someone else. I think they all should be dropped off on a deserted island way away from anything else to fend for their self. If they die oh well, at least that one didn't get another person! How would they like it if that child was theirs or that woman was their mom, sister, wife, grandma, or aunt? LOCK THEM ALL UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEYS!!!!! SICK BASTARDS!!!!

For those of you who consider sexual offenders "sick bastards"; how do you think THEY became sexually abnormal. Offenders are mentally "sick" and deserve the right to psychiatric treatment. If we continue to treat offenders as monsters, we force the very people who need our help and support to prevent a reoffense into hiding their affliction thereby cutting themselves off from the very help they need. Sexual offenders suffer self esteem issues. Children provide a safe haven where they feel accepted and loved. Instead of prosecuting endlessly, let's provide help and an atmosphere where they can openly confess their tendencies; then we can provide the appropriate environment to keep our kids safe.



Then you have the probation offices that force a first time sexual offender who served 5 years probation in North Carolina though his family and friends live in PA who worked hard for a year completing a program in trade school then started a job in this field who was told that he could no longer stay in PA unless he could find a place to live that had no kids within a two block radius. Get real--where can you find a place like that anywhere. Now here is basically a nice kid who is now missing rather than return to North Carolina. We need to re-evaluate how we treat sexual offenders.!

I am not a sex offender. I would like to make a comment based on my personal experience. My husband's ex-wife is living with a sex offender. She leaves her teenage children alone with him. She has told them that he molested an 11 year old girl, and that they are boys --so they are therefore --safe. She refuses to keep her children away from this man. We live in a state that is lenient towards sex offenders. I would like to see FEDERAL laws protecting our nation's children against these perpetrators. [My sister is a detective in another state where they are NOT lenient against sex offenders. She has taken many training courses and tells me that there is currently no known cure (if we can call it that) for child molesters other than to incarcerate them.] Why do our states persist in protecting these people rather than protecting our innocent children? It's almost as though criminals have more rights than innocent people. Are we just plain blind? States that are lenient towards sex offenders actually INVITE them to move to that state... When are we going to wake up? Perhaps we will see changes when government officials experience their own children being molested or put into situations where sexual crimes can occur. In the mean time, it's too bad for our children... Where is the JUSTICE in that?

Look I don't understand how someone can touch a baby or child, no matter what they have been through it doesn't give them a reason, my brother was molested when he was little and he would not nor has not even considered touching or hurting a child, he has 3 of his own and he watches my 2, i know deep down hes safe if there ever would come a point in him doing something to his, mine or someone elses children I would personally put him behind bars there is no excuse and I can't believe some of the people taking up for these monsters and yeah thats what they are, MONSTERS!!!! Like I said there is no excuse!!!! But I want to thank the posters of this web site so I could find out people around us that could hurt my babies ... THANKS AGAIN

I have been a caring adult for thirty years, I cannot understand how and why as caring people, we can let this sexual abuse continue. Children cannot stop this epidemic. It takes adults to stand up and say stop the madness. I wonder why an adult would ever even think about having sex with a child. Have all pedophiles been sexually molested as children? i think as a soceity we are creating pedophiles, but what is the solution? I used to hate them, I wanted to kill all of the pedophiles, but now I realize that we have to help them, I agree that they are mentally ill, and sexually abnormal. After reading these comments I realize that a lot of people want this epidemic to end, we all want a safe place for our children to grow up. I would love to ask pedophiles, what they think is the solution to this epidemic? We must protect our children. We must end the secrets, and start talking about solutions!

What a lot of you seem to not understand, is that the registry, and the associated laws aren't aimed at just the pedophiles. Nor ar ethe laws in question. Also, these points are aimed only at the sexual predators. There is a 17 year old girl at a party, cozies up with a school mate, and they are on the couch kissing, when the police arrive to quite down a noisy party. Thats right, he is now on the list for ten years. There is a man whom has been unjustly accused of raping his 17 year old daughter, because she is pissed at him, and he registers for 10 years. 8 years into the oqdeal, the law is changed, and although he has been in no trouble with the law, has to move. Where is the justice in that? What happened to " better 100 guilty men go free, than to imprison 1 who is not" get your head out of the sand, and look at the laws you are hoping to enforce, enact, and strengthen.

Yeah sex offenders are sick in the head but that doesnt mean we should have to pay for them to get mental help. Its bad enough that we have to pay for all the prisoners to be in prison, just to keep people safe. Those people should have to pay for there own mental help. I think people need to think about the real victims, not the sex offenders as the victim. They aren't the victim they are the person preying on a innocent person! I don't know how people can feel sorry for a person who choses to harm others!!!GET WITH IT THE OFFENDERS KNOW WHAT THEY DO IS WRONG!!!!!

IN MY OPINION, ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS WEBSITE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA... and helpful to protect our kids.. must be a perp!great website! I want to know who is living next to my kids.. we all have a right to protect our kids.

The original commentor has some good points. If we follow the so-called logic of these sites, and if everyone is soooo concerned about who lives next to them, why aren't there websites for people who have a record for assult, robbery, drug possession etc etc. If someone has broken into 5 houses for drug money, shouldn't I know about that too?? And maybe car theives shouldn't be allowed to live within 1000' (or other arbitrary distance) from a car dealership, or parking lot - you know, just so they aren't tempted to steal again.

The answer to the original question of why these sites are around is that it's an easy way for politicians to look tough on crime.

In looking at all the comments on here it's clear that you all think that EVERYONE on the SO must be a rapist/molester and therefore all "monsters" Unfortunately for all the "lock 'em all up and throw away the keys" types, a good number of these people never did anything of the sort. Depending on the state laws, you can be on there for having illegal porn. Not that that should be ignored by any means, but we don't lump someone with an assult record with a 1st degree murderer. But maybe that's too much subtlety for the reactionary right to bother with

Luke 23:33-34 -- "And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him and the malefactors one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, `Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

Not all Sex Offenders are Child Molesters thats why there are Sex Offender levels. Before a ridiculous post is written about islands and keys

get some education on the subject. Ignorance is part of the problem!

all offenders should be high risk, and I'll be the one like i have stated before they do need to be put on islands, or left in prision with no key. anyone whom touches, or has sexually intercourse with a child, is a offender there is no diffrence. I have done research and been through the courts systems enough to know. if any one should be doing some research it sounds like you should. Yes there are paeople falsely accused, and that is sadd, but the ones whom are not, need everything not positive too happen in their lives. These children do not get a second chance, the laws are not getting harsher as they state they are, and people like you whom feel they know enough too make comments like that, really no nothing at all. Tammy (Hexgirl)

Ok, here's the problem folks. Studies show that 75% of registered offenders are NOT actually dangerous predators. If two 15 year olds have sex, the male involved will be charged wit a sex crime. If someone is misinformed about a girl's age, they will be charged with a sex crime. And dont say "oh, that's just an excuse" because it happened to ME! A month ofter my 18th birthday I became involved with a girl who lied about her age. She ADMITTED IN COURT that she had lied about her age, that SHE had initiated ALL sexual contact, that when I found out her true age I wanted NOTHING TO DO with her, that she only turned me in because that pissed her off, AND that I was not the first person she had done somethin like this to. All this information allowed the judge not to send me to prison, but I still have ot register.



The real predators are failing to regiter, and they are slipping through the cracks. Why??? Because the states are wasting so much time resources on people who are NOT truly dangerous.



Besides all of this, let's look at what the registry actually does for the dangerous predators that actually do register. It puts them on the list so that people know who and where they are. HOW DOES THIS MAKE THEM NOT REOFFEND?!?! It doesn't. The solution of "We'll lock them up, let them out, and then watch them" DOES NOT WORK! These people will never change or stop unless they recieve serious treatment.



So think about all of this the next time you support another registry law.

What individuals fail to recognize is that over 60 percent of individuals are falsely accused of sex crimes involving minors. There are so many people who have been falsely accused, convicted, and have to register. The registry is nothing more than a political "feel good" for constituents. A man over the age of 18 has sex with his girlfriend who is underage. Her and her parents defend the boyfriend in court. It does not matter, he is convicted. Years later they are married and have 2 children. Guess what... he is still on the registry!! All the registry does is force sex offenders to go underground because the registry makes it impossible for them to become productive citizens... work a job, own a home, etc. There needs to be more laws for those who are falsely accused. Maybe then the SO Registries would reflect reality in the actual number of sex offenders rather than political "feel good" laws that have not even been evaluated to determine the percentage of sex offenders that re-offend. Wake up America!

The fact that half of the ignorant people on here seem to just assume that a sex offender is out to get their children is rediculous. First there are documented differences between a preditor and an offender. There are levels associated with the crimes as well. As stated previously even with 2 consenting 17yo the male is convicted of a sex crime and forced to register. Another perfect example... A group of college students are at a party, all are legal. Woman (A) has had a crush on Man (B) for months. After having a few drinks she lays it all on flirting, touching, and straight out forward in wanting sex with Man (A). When he continues to push her away and say he is not interested and she ignores this, he finally states that he is a GAY man and not interested. She gets pissed off and to retaliate files charges. He gets arrested, does time and now has to register as an offender. So now this poor man gets stuck with 2 Labels, an Offender, and a F@g. Are you going to throw the key away for him too?

my thing is i was raped when iw as 6 years old.... the guy went to jail for 8 years mind you he said he did it... they told me he was killed in jail (detectives) but he was not and he is now out of jail. i am not the only one he has done this to. so why when i checked he was not registered at all.... it's not cool because i know he lives near me and i can't do anything about it so i have to see him around the streets.....

The person sunbathing in the nude if seen by a child can be arrested and convicted, and placed on the registry, even if it is her yard.

pretty sad to read all these vigilante based comments on this website. thank god my country Canada is based on helping the victim and criminal alike and encourage rehabilitation. the attitudes on this website only encourage violence and how is that helping your country? you have the biggest crime rate per capita in the entire western hemisphere, when you have a chance take a look at the world stats on crime and you are the incontested winner...

I agree with single dad 21 i was also convicted because the girl lied and told me she was 19, i did four and a half years in prison for getting lied to, and a man in my hometown got caught plating with a six year old girl(he was 57), he got five years probation, im not sure but i dont think she lied to him about her age, so why are the punishments different but the requirements the same

This comment is to "the rape" victim....First of all you are NOT alone more of us have been raped than not. And as a victim myself it puts my mind at ease a little by having some sort of record showing the face/and or names of these sick people. I also am a mother and my daughter knows the rules but who's to say that peoplr don't snatch kids up right in front of you. this way having a guide we will know where these people live ,what they look like, where they work and so on... There should be a list of people who murder.. You can look up on judicial.com to see peoples criminal records if you're that concerned about it. Just because you don't like this SO registry don't ruin it for the peple who use it as a resource. Suppose you want to move away somewhere... Before you decide where you are going or if you already know isn't it great that you can find out (before you move) how many sex offenders live in the town you want to move to or how many live on the very street you are about to move to? I understand that it doesn't stop these sick as*wholes from doing what they do but you can certainly lessen the odds if you stay away from heavily SO populated areas. I sleep a lot better at night knowing that the jerk who messed with me is locked up for a minimum of 15 years. I know that because of this SO registry. I also sleep better knowing that the neighborhood that My family and I moved into is safe and Free of any "registered" SO who knows about the ones that haven't been caught. Bottom line is the only way that we ourselves and our dear children will be safe is if we watch them like hawks not let them play outside alone or even "run outside real quick" it only takes a second and we need to NOT give these predators the opportunity to get our children or us. There are tons of self defense classes for women specifically for this reason...take them and fight back....I DID!!!!!

gale: although I can understand that as a victim, you have need to be "on guard", I think it is important to note that things are not necessarily as you paint them. (IMO). First of all, check out the research by the dept of justice. The cases where victims are "snatched" off the street is very very low. We definitely hear of them on the news, however, which makes it appear like it is commonplace. Victims are more likely to be from family members and those the family "knows" closely. This business of how the registry makes you safe ,is phoney. Those who think there are no offenders in their neighborhood decieve themselves, as there are offenders everywhere and always have been. (IMO) You have stated a perfect example of using the registry that holds no truths. I'm sure you will deny that, but all I ask is that you look up "sos net" for some information on what to do and what works. check out :

http://sosnet.bravehost.com/index.htm

Now i want to let you all know something.... I am a SEX OFFENDER.. Or SICKO if you would call me that.... I was convicted of a sexual crime against a child which makes me a CHILD MOLESTER!!!!! Okay.. Even though it was proven after i took a plea bargain that i was actually not guilty of any sexual crime i was told that i had fondled a 5 year old Girl named cassandra.. Then after i was done with my time.. the person who she supposedly told got incarcerated for an illegal activity and ran into me in jail while i was waiting to be release on to parole He told me to my face that i was not guilty of anything that he knew i was innoccent also that he only wanted to mess up my life.. So does that make me a SEX OFFENDER OR A CHILD MOLESTER JUST BECAUSE I WAS CONVICTED

For everyone who wants to know who all the sexoffenders are: for everyone put on a registry it's harder for them to get a job and harder for them to find a place to live. So do you think a little girl will be safer in a place that has more jobless and homeless people. the other thing is why should there be homeless people, when these people that were under age and had sexual relations with a peer? the serve there jail time, the go threw a 6 month sex offender program, the are put on parole and they have a criminal record that they have to live with. They have never held a knife to anyone, never stalked anyone, never kidnapped anyone. So why should they be punished more than a mother who beats her kids? Or someone who has beatened thier wife or elderly mother or killed someone accidently, but continues to behave recklessly??????? If we really want safety for our kids we need to start making educated dissions about this stuff, like seperating who is really harmful to children and who is not!!

wow! i knew i was hated, but damn! i didnt know the whole extent of it til i was off probation and found this site! so many hateful people out here. im glad you all hate my guts. i didnt like you much either. i am a sex offender. im a father too. i didnt molest any kids, and feel for those kids who have been. im sorry for something like that happening to children. who wants to hear of a child getting hurt? but im a sex offender. and my case doesnt involve a child. my so called victim was 15. when i was 15, and was stealing cars, i knew what i was doing. why does the law think she doesnt know what she is doing? they charge kids with murder, saying they knew wrong from right. but if she has sex with an older man, she doesnt know a damn thing. especially if she wanted it. this shouldnt be punished by law. if she knew what was going on, then it should have been a problem

we are people. our first instinct in life is to win, after we realize we wont be constant winners, then its on to other things. sex is part of human nature. sex with a child isnt. sex with someone who knows what it is, and knows what they are doing, is consentual. a 16 year old boy who has sex with a 13 year old girl, is this boy a sex offender now? yes. is his life ruined, like so many others like him? yes. do hateful people, such as 99% of people who have commented on this site hate him, and think he should be killed, or sent to an island? yes. is this fair? no. but to those who have no forgivness in them, yes it is fair to want to kill this kid 16 year old boy who had sex with a 13 year old girl. are all of you on a witch hunt that will do nothing but hurt this country, or this world? yes. do the sex offender registeries need help in making it a better informal place to gather info? yes. do all of you hate me, and want to kill me? i can only hope so. if i have to live in this world with so much hate, hell with you all!!! LOL you guys make me laugh you guys need to watch your kids better, know where they are, what they are doing, who they are with. will this help out with keeping your kids safer? HELL YEAH! will killing a child molester help keep your kid safe? no, not unless you live around him. should he be put to beath after messing with a child? HELL YES!

Intersting comments here from the people of RI. My research on this topic, was not so much focused on adults who have sexually abused/molested children, but more about adult males who have raped adult women. My oppinion however applies to both situations ... I believe that rape and child molestation is inexcusable, and the punishment should be the maximum. Anyone who believes they have the right to rape an adult or child should face a slow painful death. I do NOT believe that putting a person in prison rehabs them ... I feel if they goto prison, they should stay there. The taxes I pay in RI goto many ridiculous things, but keeping someone ass in prison for life ... I have NO problem paying that person way!



For all the people who have been involved in, and or have a close family member who has been molested/raped, my thoughts go out to you ... For all the offenders out there who are out and think you're either successfully rehabed, and or back for seconds ... you have no place in this world, and when your life is over ... I hope you find your cell in HELL comfy!



Remember; keep you loved-ones safe and at an arms length!

anon jan29th: (IMHO)I surely hope you are not doing real "research" with the bias that those incarcerated cannot be rehabilitated. After all, "correction" facilities are there to "correct" one's antisocial behavior and I have seen many cases where that has worked. I do not discount suggestions from those that want to see longer sentences or post incarceration follow up.

I think that there are many people that do sexual stuff to their children behind closed doors and never are found out. You guys worried about sexual predators is only the 1/4 of it, what about even some of your own neighbors affecting their own family. There are more out there than you can even begin to imagine.

It really amazes me how ignorant some of you people aare you have obviosly been misled by the media frenzy and poiticians. first the re-commit numbers for sex offenders is lower than most other major crimes like buglary robbery or murder second sex offenders and sexual preditors are two differnt things. it does't take much to be labeled a sex offender

The so laws need to be reformed in levels to allow some sex offenders to reclaim their lives and support their families or else they they may commit other crimes just to survive. other countries allow so to be removed from the registry if they live a trouble free life. the system as it is now only makes things worse

What if you know that a rso is still pursuing his next victim,what is considered a violation of his parole

This isn't going to stop with sex offenders people. The Missouri House has introduced HR1727 to start an arson registration. Who is next drunk drivers? Let this happen and we all be on a list sooner rather than later.
You wanna get tough with sex offenders then encourage your lawmakers and prosecutors to give these people the jail time they deserve. If they are so dangerous they shouldn't be among us anyway!

Im a single mom of 2 boys. I know a man that was in jail for raping a child but there is no registration saying he is at all.

When I was 13 years old, our school was having a fund raiser and we were told to go door to door in our neighborhood to sell Chocolate. This was one of the times I got molested. There was a good looking 25 year old man and he made me feel mature and interesting before he touched me sexually.I ran away because, it PHYSICALLY hurt the way he touched me. Schools should not be sending children around on the streets going door to door selling stuff. One of them who buys candy from your child could be a child molester. Especially, pre-teen and teenage girls should be made aware of the danger, because a lot of men think that a girl is mature enough for sexual coersion when she begins developing. This is not true!!! A woman's first sexual experiences should be with a peer and should be out of love. I'm for all people waiting til marriage to have sex! This was God's idea to prevent rapes and molestations and perversions. Also pornography, all of it, should be illegal. Because, it is not educational, it has no value. I've seen a porn once and thought that the sex looked violent, love-less, and anti- sacred. Sex was meant to be a sacred way for people to have children in the confines of a loving committed relationship. Marriage was meant to help us pull our sexual energy up out of our groins into our hearts until love completely overcomes lust. Only love can free us from the perversion of lust. Pornography propagates lust. For those who say lust is natural, notice in the animal kingdom that animals only have sex during times of female fertility and they don't even seem to enjoy it. It is a natural force compelling them to procreate when the female is fertile. Not a lustful act. I'm not talking about animals kept in captivity, who become demented by being around humans. Excessive porn watching has been linked to the perpetrators of violent crimes, sex criminals, and sexual deviants. Porn teaches lustful sex only and cannot lead anyone to the ultimate healing balm: LOVE

Level's work for a reason. The laws have gotten ridiculous and minor nudity crimes can now leave a person on the sex offender list. This person will spend the rest of their list having people judge them for something that may be treatable or was an act of bad judgement.

Does anyone know anything or have any information about of a possible missing little girl that disappeared I believe around 2006 possibly. She was about 4-5 years old at the time, (definitely under 9 years old) strawberry blonde hair shoulder length, blue eyes small frame, she was wearing a pink shirt(long sleeves) with flowers or appliqué on the front and jeans with with same, running shoes (white I believe with characters on them), and she was riding her bike(with helmet on) on a street where there is a park very close to where she lives with a heavily forested area, could be near a bridge/over over pass, near water. The park could be Lincoln Woods State Park.. Thanks!