Media releases on sex offenders
April 20, 2008 by Megan · 3 Comments
Here’s two very interesting, fairly recent, Media releases on sex offenders:
GOVERNMENT TOUGH ON SEX OFFENDERS: SPENCE. Ummmm…has alleged sex offender family blogger breached his reporting obligations or provided false or misleading information to authorities? I wonder if authorities were aware of his “family focused” internet movements before I contacted the police? It would be interesting to know if he is obligated to disclose his alleged sex offender registered status on his family advice blog.
Messenger ignores the experts on sex offender management. This has provided me additional food for thought. If I do have his status confirmed, disclose alleged offenders name, and he goes underground, there may well be no online police monitoring of his activities. I already know that alleged offender has been looked at – is this then enough? I will not break the law but I will not allow a child to be placed at risk either (thank goodness I reported when I first became aware – it pays to know your ethical and child protection responsibilities as an online content provider). This media release has given me some real food for thought and created a further critical analysis of the entire situation. His victim is also concerned that he may go underground. This is a very good point to ponder.
What’s your thoughts? Do you think registered sex offenders should be publicly named? Why / why not.
About Megan
Definitely some interesting food for thought, Megan.
I can certainly see merits for publicly naming registered sex offenders, but I think it depends on what people do with the information.
Whether or not we know about a registered sex offenders status we still need to remain vigilant, because there are offenders who have not yet been caught. We always need to ensure we are aware and taking smart steps to keep our children and our communities safe.
My actions will not change if registered offenders are named publicly, but I can see why sex offenders would. Sending offenders underground does not seem like a smart move to me.
Of course we should be allowed to know the danger areas in our neighbourhood. We have “beware slippery when wet ” signs or beware dangerous dog” around so why cant we have ” beware child pedophile lives across road’ or point them out specifically .
Read the stats people very few EVER change they remind me of a farm dog that worries sheep oncw they get a taste for blood they have to be shot because they will continue to worry — Sound familier?
Jolie — Protecter and provider
Some very good points there Jolie. I do rather like your analogies of dangerous dogs.
Thanks for visiting Imaginif and thanks for being brave enough to voice your opinion.