Comments | richtermom: Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?

richtermom

Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?

Dec 19, 2005 10:01

Wisconsin has finally joined the majority of states by making sex offenders' last known addresses available. Check this site for a mapping tool of known offenders, and the state site for standard ZIP/name searches.

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My g just did a story on this... angrydeeto December 19 2005, 17:05:55 UTC

I find this terrifying because I personally do not believe that a sex offender can be rehabilitated. I work with people who have been perp'd by these offenders after they have been "treated." The level of pathology inherint to these crimes is beyond anything we can effectively treat. Chemical castration does not work, nor does actual castration. Sex is the act, but not the drive or motivation for these perps. They should not be reintegrated back into the community! I will admit my solution for these perp's is very, very un-pc.

The zip codes are a faulty way of searching for perps they are artificial territories. I like the new searchable databases a lot more. This one was too good, it scared the crap ot of me.

Re: My g just did a story on this... richtermom December 19 2005, 18:46:26 UTC

I will never let my daughter go more than arm's length from my side anymore.

I am now stocking up on duct tape.

I found one across the street from the bus stop she and I use ALL THE TIME.

Re: My g just did a story on this... angrydeeto December 19 2005, 20:32:30 UTC

Eeep!

There are 2 in my direct neighborhood. I am P.O.'d.
It is a good thing I am not on prednisone, I might do something rash.

Re: My g just did a story on this... richtermom December 19 2005, 20:52:47 UTC

I lived in the apartment building where Gerald Turner was released in 1992ish. There were people picketing my building, and I guess once there were people stalking him in our laundry room.

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richtermom December 21 2005, 19:02:02 UTC

Because the recidivism rate is apparently VASTLY higher for sex offenders than for many other crimes. I know i've seen numbers out there, but I haven't been able to find them recently. Or maybe it's just because our society reacts most stronly to sex offenders than to, say, shoplifters or people who gang bang.

And actually, in Wisconsin, we've had to regear our sentencing and incarceration policies based on how we treat sex offenders -- there was a time that one more well-known offender was not considered "reformed" or recovered or anything, and since his time was up, they had to let him go -- no parole, just they couldn't hold him any more -- and then they tried coming up with a new law that would allow them to hold him, but since he was already past the sentence anyway, it couldn't apply to him.

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richtermom December 21 2005, 21:32:25 UTC

I think the argument is also that this is just for *reported* instances.

I'm personally really big on Open Records searches for EVERYONE.