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DOJ Announces Updated Sex Offender Website

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Department of Justice has issued a press release noting new improvements to the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender website, which is now more "user-friendly" and makes it easier to find sex offenders. From the press release: The U.S. Department of Justice today announced improvements to the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Web site (NSOPW) and a new internet domain name, www.nsopw.gov. The new Web address will replace www.nsopr.gov. The updated version has a new look, is more user-friendly and provides enhanced search capabilities to locate sex offenders. NSOPW is administered by the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). "NSOPW provides the public with information to protect themselves, their families and their communities from coming into contact with registered sex offenders," said Jeffrey L...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).