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Texas Posts Sex Offenders' Jobs on Registry

By Corey Rayburnyung

Crime and Consequences notes that "[i]n addition to a sex offenders' name, home address, photograph and criminal record, the Texas Department of Public Safety is now posting their employers." From WOAI:Just within the past few days, the Department of Public Safety has started posting where sex offenders works on its website. When you search a sex offender's name, the name of his employer will also come up. Dr. Betty Schroeder, a therapist specializing in sex offender treatment, says, "We've had two in my groups already be fired from their jobs." "The consequences are," adds Schroeder, "we're going to have a greater effort needed to rehabilitate these fellas.  Who wants to hire them now?  Where will they get a job?  We have a hard enough time finding them a place to live...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).