Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on June 27, 2016, 08:40:16 pm
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Below is a link to the national sex offender registry. It's a good idea to know who your neighbors are. Since I have children I check it a few times a year. I just found out there is one living a half mile from our house. Living where I do out in the country that's pretty much a next door neighbor to us. I've already had problems with this guy once. That was before I found out he was a registered offender. I'll be keeping an extra close eye on him now.
It just takes a few seconds to enter your address and it shows you any registered offenders on a map.
Remove the space at the beginning for the web address.
h ttp://www.familywatchdog.us/#
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Wow that's so interesting!
Such thing should be done in more countries, but in a country like Brazil you'd probably have 10 within a mile from your house.
Afterall , in Italy there's a saying: "Tutto il mondo é paese" which technically means , the whole world is the same, the only changes are made in language and culture, but the human being is bad by nature,
You never know who's living right next to you.
May God protect all of us.
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You know this registry is a great idea but the definition of a sex offender needs a little work. Some poor young buck gets convicted of statutory rape and he's labelled and hounded for life when as near as I can see he's not a whole lot different than most of us. He's certainly not a danger to kids or woman. And no, I was not convicted of statutory rape.
Just sayin', that's all.
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You know this registry is a great idea but the definition of a sex offender needs a little work. Some poor young buck gets convicted of statutory rape and he's labelled and hounded for life when as near as I can see he's not a whole lot different than most of us. He's certainly not a danger to kids or woman. And no, I was not convicted of statutory rape.
Just sayin', that's all.
I don't want to get into the reasons a guy gets put on the list. I know there are flaws in it. When you click on an offender on the map it shows you what he was charged with.
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OK that works then. I wasn't aware of that. Just going by a couple of TV shows I saw. I'll shut up now.
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And he has every chance to get his status changed if he wants too.
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I also check quite often. Some had a bad deal, but others are out and out monsters. Most, fit into the monster category.
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And he has every chance to get his status changed if he wants too.
That varies by state and in most cases getting removed is a Herculean task that can take a decade or more. The list is important and a valuable tool, but one must be careful in assuming the worst. A good friend of mine almost landed on that list in high school, he and his girlfriend had been dating for over 3 years, he turned 18 six months before she did and her dad decided he was going to make a stink over it and the only reason my friend didn't go to jail and end up on the registry is because the officer that came to get him listened to the story and went and talked to the father explaining that he would be ruining this kids life forever and that while as an officer he may be required to fulfill his duty he would make it his personal mission to make the father wish he'd never met him. Needless to say at that point he was no longer willing to pursue the matter.
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I'm glad the info is available. It's startling to see how many are around in any town you search in the US.
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I check it periodically too. It's troubling just how many are around. Whatever the reason someone is on the list I still like to know who is around my children and take appropriate caution.
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I hear you Osage, we had one 1 1/2 miles from our house too. I was at the time very surprised. unfortunately nothing surprises me anymore since they started shipping there problem low income area folks to or area. I'm totally amazed how many people are arrested for Heroin that stuff just never use to be here, and its always a name you don't know.
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Its true that in some areas it is insanely easy to end up on the list for life and in some cases for something unrelated to sex, children, or gross public behavior. Here in South Dakota, you are automatically registered if you get caught taking a leak outside.
Do not use this list to find someone to hound and harass, but be welcome to use it to be aware!
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Same her J-Dub. Get caught wizzing behind your tent by a stranger and your on the list if they choose to call. The list does give enough info to know if it was real crime or pee crime.
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Same her J-Dub. Get caught wizzing behind your tent by a stranger and your on the list if they choose to call. The list does give enough info to know if it was real crime or pee crime.
Errrr. Not really. It would show up as lewdness in front of a child. that can be bad, or, just peeing behind your tent!
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Err... I need to think about moving...
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Err... I need to think about moving...
509 in my zip code. But, how big is your area? Mine is quite large, and pretty packed.
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Yeah, we are pretty densely populated. Looking back home where I grew up, there are 25 in a town of 1500, so percentage wise, we're better off here!
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I've read horror stories about how in some areas even children can end up on the list and unlike your other records you don't get off the list at 18, one of the folks in the article I read got on the list at age 8 or 9, him and another kid got caught playing doctor or whatever as happens sometimes with kids who are curious but don't really understand whats going on and the other parent called in the law over it and this 8yr old ended up on the offender list for life.
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Personally I'm leery about sites like this. All they do is collate data and provide no background information unless you want to pay for the arrest report.
For instance, they've got a listing on there for someone in my neighborhood for crimes involving a minor. Now someone could look at that and think they're a real deviant. They could also just be some 19 year old who had a 17 year old girlfriend whose parents decided to press charges against the kid to keep him away from their daughter. Now that person is branded for life. I've watched that same situation happen to a former coworker and it ruined his life because he was a senior dating a sophomore in high school and her parents didn't like him.
Everyone should definitely stay safe and it's good to know who your neighbors are, but it should be more like it was when most of us were growing up where you went and talked to them and met them, not looked up their personal information online before you've ever spoken to them.
Maybe I'm crazy though.
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Amateurhour, the official offender registry is different than those background check websites you're speaking of, but I agree that it can be misleading so use with caution.
I guess the overall message here is that this is a valuable tool that can be made even more valuable with some much needed reforms.
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While I do think some remediation process is needed for anything like this- I think the sheer volume represented here shows that we've got some serious issues with these types of crimes- Not just people messing around with kids but sexual violence in general. It's a bigger problem that you might thing- and its a difficult problem because no one can even agree on definitions. All I can say is if you have kids, teach them to respect others, and not see other people as inferior- In my humble opinion the dehumanization of others is what leads to so, so many issues.
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Here in Utah we have a website with all the public records available for no charge. It is called Utah's right to know. From Wages to charges. I'm on there. >:D Damn government jobs.
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The free information on the site shows you their age, the crime they committed, when it occurred, when they were put on the list, and when they will be removed from the list. You should be able to get a good idea of what kind of person it is from that information. I have showed my kids the map of our area and warned them to stay away from those houses and the people living there. Honestly, I don't care why they are on the list. My kids safety is more important than some guy being put on the list for a petty crime. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Just my opinion.
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Yeah man, no judgement. I'm mostly just playing devil's advocate about sites like that in general. There's nothing wrong with letting your kids know which houses to avoid.
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The free information on the site shows you their age, the crime they committed, when it occurred, when they were put on the list, and when they will be removed from the list. You should be able to get a good idea of what kind of person it is from that information. I have showed my kids the map of our area and warned them to stay away from those houses and the people living there. Honestly, I don't care why they are on the list. My kids safety is more important than some guy being put on the list for a petty crime. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Just my opinion.
I pretty much pitch my tent in the exact same campground!
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When I was 18 I had a 17 year old girlfriend, this was in the mid 60s and wasn't considered deviant behavior back then.
I married her when I was 20.
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It usually isn't considered deviant behaviour unless the 17 year old is my daugther ;) ;) ;)
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Most states have age of consent as 16 and go to jail at 17 as a legal adult. Most crimes can be worded several ways depending on how you want to charge.
An example would be shoplifting as a misdemeanor or larceny from a building as a felony. And that is for taking a package of gum. The perps a jerk and you want to ding him you hit him with the felony. If its some kid who did what most of us did when we were young but got caught and is decent you hit him with a misd that can go away after time.
Being retired from law enforcement I check many lists often including the who's in jail again list. Interesting how grand fathers then sons and then grandsons find their way to jail.
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Amen, Jacksoncash. Clint, i'm with ya... better safe than sorry.
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We have one 2 blocks from my house. We have 5 granddaughters ages 7 down. Keeping my eye on them.