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Think “sex offender,” and you probably picture a creepy guy who tries to lure children into his van with candy. But that’s not the whole picture. The sex offender registry, which currently stands at over 850,000 registered sex offenders, is comprised of many people who should not be lumped into the same category as violent sex offenders and pedophiles. People like

This news report from Arkansas points out the discrepancy on the numbers reported on their registry, as it includes deceased registrants as well as those that are incarcerated. In one county it reported that the numbers were off by about 40% because it listed registrants in the county (using their last address) who were incarcerated even out of the county.

This article out of Vermont contained some very insightful quotes that I wanted to share here, concerning homeless sex offenders. They echo our position and the position that numerous studies have supported over the last several years; that homeless sex offenders are at greater risk of reoffense and that residency restrictions significantly contribute to that increased risk. The quotes are

There’s very little that we want to write about Ron Book. The fact is; some things are so obvious they speak for themselves. It was recently reported that his lobbying firm took in over 2 million dollars in fees this past quarter (2nd quarter 2015). Ron Book is the most vocal advocate for harsher penalties for sex offenders. – Among

Every so often we like to update our readers on the encampment of homeless registrants living by the railroad tracks in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade residency restrictions, notorious for the Julia Tuttle Bridge incident, have been shuffling sex offenders to different parts of the County over the past decade. After being evicted from under the bridge because the site began receiving

The following was posted on SOSEN’s website and I thought it was worthwhile republishing here:   I really wish the media and any other organization would stop publishing, producing or relying on reports and opinions from law makers or any organizations about how great sex offender registration and notification laws work or how residency restrictions and presence restrictions are needed.