Many sex offenders are often homeless

[nhboy]

"Thousands of convicted sex offenders are reporting to police that they are homeless, raising concerns that their lack of a permanent address could make them difficult to track, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

Sex offenders, who are required to register with police and often barred by law from living near places where children gather, list addresses such as a tent, "near a bike path," "behind a cemetery" or "woods behind Wal-Mart."

Many sex offenders are often homeless - USATODAY.com

 

[vraiblonde]

Well great! So if we can just eliminate homelessness, then there will be no more sex offenders!

 

[rack'm]

Well great! So if we can just eliminate homelessness, then there will be no more sex offenders!

and if we bury them in the woods, no one will miss them.

 

[godsbutterfly]

Well great! So if we can just eliminate homelessness, then there will be no more sex offenders!

By law they have to give an address - especially if they are on probation - so it's easier to list a shelter and just be back there by closing time than to have people in a neighborhood know you're a registered sex offender or a pedophile. Kinda smart idea actually. Scary but smart.