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ME - Sex registry should focus on protection

View the article here 03/01/2009 The online registry loses value if it is used to punish everyone ever convicted of a sex crime. Law enforcement experts will tell you that the people who commit sex crimes against children are different from other criminals. Unlike those who commit crimes of dishonesty or violence, there is a population of fixated sexual predators who will hunt victims and violate them in more and more brazen ways until they are stopped. But the same experts will also tell you that not all sex crimes are the same. There are older teenagers, for instance, who have sexual relations with a willing partner not old enough to legally consent. They have committed a crime but may not be predators. But under current law, all offenders are required to register with local law enforcement and have their names, photographs, addresses and places of employment published on a state Web site that can be accessed by anyone...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).