NARSOL Calls Out Patch: STOP the Red Dots!
Raleigh, North Carolina — Every year as Halloween approaches, many Patch media outlets, as well as others, publish articles featuring “red-dot” maps showing addresses, and sometimes names, of persons listed on sexual offense registries. Within the last few years, this practice has been adopted by some local police departments on their Facebook pages. According to the editors and publishers of such pieces, this is done in order to help protect children who will be trick or treating at Halloween.
The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) also wants children protected and kept safe. We are in full agreement with that goal. However, there is a total lack of evidence that the publication of these addresses at Halloween keeps children safe. Indeed, the volume of evidence showing no connection at all between Halloween and sexual harm done to children is numerous and well documented.
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CDC says:
“Avoid these higher risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:
Participating in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door
Having trunk-or-treat where treats are handed out from trunks of cars lined up in large parking lots
Attending crowded costume parties held indoors
Going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming
Going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household
Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors
Traveling to a rural fall festival that is not in your community if you live in an area with community spread of COVID-19”
35 years ago when I was a kid trick or treating there was just as many sex offenders and no registry and I don’t remember any problems. Fact is there was almost no parents with their kids unless they were like under 7. We’d go out in groups and had a great time not this mockery we have now. There wasnt even parents at bus stops. Now big brothers got everyone thinking all the SOs on the list have been out prowling for kids but fails to say very high % is familiar custody and gonna happen no mater what. Then they’re gonna proclaim they need cameras on your kids inside the home, school, sports because only they can protect them because the stats on 1st time offenders is only going up with the registry lmfao.