OT, but about child safety

Victorious4 · Apr 25, 2005

I was sent this free Public Data Sex Offender search site from another local parent -- just type in your zipcode....

I was surprised at how many offenders are in my small town!

http://www.criminalcheck.com

tracyb · Apr 25, 2005

And mine only showed three, when I know for a fact there are more.

Some things to keep in mind...

1. In many areas "registered sex offender" also includes crimes such as urinating in public.

2. The vast majority of sex offenders are not caught after their first victim. Or their second, or their third... so never assume anyone is safe simply because they're not listed in a database.

joolsplus3 · Apr 25, 2005

Eeeew, ick...there were too many to count in my zip code...and some guys were listed like 20 times (it was too slow/sketchy a connection to click every one and see if it was different addresses or crimes, but I'm not any more curious, anyway).

Interesting, nonetheless....

trishlynne · Apr 26, 2005

I think this is nearly meaningless...

almost all children are sexually assaulted by someone they already know. The risk of it being a stranger are VERY VERY low. Also, there are people on the list who are say....a 19yo with a 17yo girlfriend who has an angry father. AND...there are people who never make it ON to the list. That's the case with my daughter's assailant (and yes, it was someone she knew). Because he was a minor, it's not technically a crime, even though he's very very very likely to continue his behavior.

Victorious4 · Apr 26, 2005

That was my original thought on it Trishlynne - but I also figured it's better to be safer than sorry as the saying goes.... I hadn't thought of the public urinating thing, though @@

UlrikeDG · Apr 28, 2005

Here's where I chime in with my recommendation of the book Protecting the Gift by Gavin de Becker!

It's an excellent book on keeping kids safe from predators.

Unregistered · Apr 28, 2005

That's a GREAT book. I highly recommend it. I had actually read it BEFORE my daughter was assaulted, and I DID NOT trust my gut. Had I really trusted my gut, I would have run screaming 1.5 years before the assault. But I wanted to be "nice". I was told that I was just being "prejudice". And being the good liberal that I am, not wanting to be thought of as a bigot, I let HUGE HUGE HUGE warning signs get swept under the rug. Although, I didn't ever think that she would be assaulted, never in a million years, but I for SURE had that "something is NOT right" feeling.

The book is also available on tape, in condensed form (but still good).

Victorious4 · Apr 28, 2005

UlrikeDG said:
Protecting the Gift by Gavin de Becker!

Great! One to add to my list at amazon.com

THANKS

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