Do you think sex offender websites should be more specific about the type of crime committed?

Question

And a understable history of the offender? My concern is that these sites do not delineate between:

1. The 19 year old kid who pissed off the dad of a 16 year old girl
2. The child predator

The only other catagory is the situational offender. The dad who molests a child in his house but does not seek out children. Which, imho, is as bad as a predator.

I know this is a sensitive subject. I just want to know when I am looking these people up on the internet, I want to know the story. And I kinda feel bad for the kid who is stuck in the midst of this and is doing what boys have been doing for ages. When I was 16, I know I was dating a guy who was 19. He was by no means an offender.

Answer 1

Yes, I think such websites should be more specific. There is a world of difference between an adult molesting a child and a teenager having a relationship with someone who is a couple of years younger but happens to still be a minor.

Answer 2

Should be more specific. I believe that these people should have only limited privacy. It should list the ages of the offenders and the victims at the time of the crime.

Answer 3

My ex is a convicted sex offender (rape) and lives in Salina, KS and isn't even registered!!! He's one of the over 100,000 sex offenders unnacounted for in the U.S. I've notified every enforcement agency available, and even though failure to register is a 3RD degree felony, nobody will do anything about it!
(his name and address available by email request)

now to answer your question, yes they should be more specific, and also include a violence level of the offense (agrevated,etc)

Answer 4

I agree completely with you, and there is a difference between a rapist, and two teenagers caught in the sack with each other.