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"Online sex offender info rapidly expands"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this effective article appearing at Stateline.org.  Here is how it starts: Arizona parents who want to find out whether a suspicious e-mail has been sent by a registered sex offender now can check the sender?s e-mail address against the state?s database of convicted molesters. Utah residents can sign up for e-mail alerts to notify them when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood. Wisconsin?s online registry provides maps to let users know exactly where the closest sex offender lives. And in Texas, the state?s sex offender registry ? which includes more than 54,000 people ? now features information ranging from offenders? work addresses to their nicknames and even shoe sizes. The four states are among more than two dozen that quietly have added a wide range of new services ? and new categories of information ? to their online registries of convicted molesters...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).