What Is the Purpose of Sex Offender Registries?

[Unification]

One purpose is to give people a means to know if their neighbor is a child molester or a rapist.

The second purpose is to try to instill guilt into people.

The third purpose is to **** up their employment opportunities.

Purpose one is the only one I agree with. The other two are stupid.

I wouldn't want someone who has been registered for possessing young child pornography, or touching children inappropriately.... working at a daycare, in a school, etc.

 

[Nous]

The registry is not made in hopes of recidivism "for said individual on registry" as what you said is true... it does not stop nor prevent recidivism. It is made to make people "aware" of their surroundings.

If it were true that sex offender registries "make people 'aware' of their surroundings," what purpose does that serve if it doesn't make people generally less likely to be victim of a convicted sex offender's next sex offense? Registries obviously do not make people generally less likely to be a victim of a convicted sex offender's next offense because it doesn't reduce their recidivism rate, and may even increase it. And the fact is that the majority of convicted and released sex offenders do not perpetrate sex offenses again.

Why not put the enormous amount of money require to implement and maintain sex offender registries toward efforts that have been shown to be highly effective at reducing recidivism, namely commonplace therapy?

 

[Nous]

As a victim of a sex offender, the fact my offender was registered meant the world to me.

So is your gratification about your rapist being on a registry more important than putting the funds it requires to implement and maintain that registry toward a measure that has been shown to be highly effective at reducing recidivism, namely therapy?

 

[Unification]

If it were true that sex offender registries "make people 'aware' of their surroundings," what purpose does that serve if it doesn't make people generally less likely to be victim of a convicted sex offender's next sex offense? Registries obviously do not make people generally less likely to be a victim of a convicted sex offender's next offense because it doesn't reduce their recidivism rate, and may even increase it. And the fact is that the majority of convicted and released sex offenders do not perpetrate sex offenses again.

Why not put the enormous amount of money require to implement and maintain sex offender registries toward efforts that have been shown to be highly effective at reducing recidivism, namely commonplace therapy?

If you're a statistical one, and I'm a statistical one with children . . . and I view a registry in which I am not negligent for knowledge of details and in the process of searching for a residence with one area having 4 registered offenders and another area having 1... I am essentially increasing the risk by 25% of choosing a heightened risk of danger for children. I am not speaking of petty offenses if they are even offenses.

As far as reducing recidivism, one of the best therapies of help for anyone is to not place someone in an area where they were once weak. Any way it is approached, will cost money. Cut and modify the registry and with the cuts for the petty uses of it, apply to therapy. Most of the general public is paying either way, the general public can be made aware.

I hold no judgement on any human being, people change and I have mercy and forgiveness. I also do not view human beings as just another percentage statistic whether majority or minority/ offenders or non-offenders.

However, there are consequences for actions and all it could take is 1 mistake. This pertains to 100% of people. An offender must own it and not play the "I'm a victim" card themselves. Doing so in an illness of itself.

 

[Nous]

If you're a statistical one, and I'm a statistical one with children . . . and I view a registry in which I am not negligent for knowledge of details and in the process of searching for a residence with one area having 4 registered offenders and another area having 1... I am essentially increasing the risk by 25% of choosing a heightened risk of danger for children.

What a ridiculous thing to say!

As already noted, the majority of convicted and released sex offenders do no commit sex offenses again.

Moreover, being on a list does not prevent any sex offender from committing a sex offense again. As already pointed out, sex offender registries have been shown to increase recidivism.

On the other hand, commonplace therapy has been shown to be highly effective in reducing recidivism. Why not put the limited resources into a measure that is at least effective at reducing recidivism?