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FL - PC Commissioners Debate Effectiveness Of Sex Offender Restrictions

Original Article Like the general public, they hear the words "sex offender," and immediately they assume the worse and do not listen to experts or the facts, just their own personal feelings, or, they don't want to look "soft" on crime. This is not a debate! 01/06/2011 Panama City - Do residency restrictions prevent sexual offenders from committing new crimes? - No. Many studies have been done to show that they do nothing to prevent crime nor protect anybody, but they do increase the number of offenders who become homeless. Don't you folks remember the Julia Tuttle Causeway? Guess not! Most sexual crimes occur in the victims own home, and sex offenders have the LOWEST recidivism rate of any other criminal, but you would not know that because you don't care about facts, just what will save your own careers, or make you look better to the mob! The Panama City Commission will consider that question next week...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 07, 2011 (boomark / email).