Sex Offenders
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Toxick
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It's the seedy underbelly of this southern maryland culture. We're all perverts and sexual deviants.
BTW: Just to clarify, St. Mary's County has something like 102 registered sex offenders.
The number of actual sex offenders is between 15 and 20 thousand.
I was surprised about the number of "registered" offenders. I guess you really don't know what goes on here unless you are paying good attention.
The percentage doesn't seem high, but having over a hundred sex offenders in what I consider a small community does seem high.
I was at a meeting recently where the deputy who is in charge of the sex offender registry quoted the number of registered sex offenders living in St. Mary's County at around 140.
I think this number is proportionate to the rest of the state.
If you go on the sex offenders registry site,
Maryland Sex Offender Registry Search
they have a nifty mapping feature that allows you to look up where the largest numbers are. For the most part it tracks with the population centers in the county.
Maryland Sex Offender Registry Search
they have a nifty mapping feature that allows you to look up where the largest numbers are. For the most part it tracks with the population centers in the county.
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
Also, how many people are on the list that honestly don't need to be.
All it takes: I go to take a shower, close the bed room door, when I come out into the bedroom, kid had walked in to grab something. Nothing happens, kid walks out, I finish getting ready. (1 time only occurance)
Kid goes to daycare next day and says 'I seen daddy naked'. Daycare calls police, daddy is now a sex offender.
Now granted, I bet 1 in a 1000 cases are like that. But, I'm just trying to point out that it does not take much to make the list.
All it takes: I go to take a shower, close the bed room door, when I come out into the bedroom, kid had walked in to grab something. Nothing happens, kid walks out, I finish getting ready. (1 time only occurance)
Kid goes to daycare next day and says 'I seen daddy naked'. Daycare calls police, daddy is now a sex offender.
Now granted, I bet 1 in a 1000 cases are like that. But, I'm just trying to point out that it does not take much to make the list.
jetmonkey
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lovinmaryland
Well-Known Member
Throw a little tussin on it!
mitzi
Well-Known Member
What does this mean?
Wow. I love these scenarios. Could you tell me in what jurisdiction this would be a crime?
I can't figure out what the crime would be.
bulldog
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Only 1 in my zip (20620) and that dude is 70 years old.
MarieB
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I think he was probably exaggerating to make a point. There are instances where people are required to register and they really pose no risk to society. It's similar to "no tolerance" policies.
I would agree that they pose no greater risk than any other person who has been convicted of a crime. I think if they are on the registry; unless they were wrongly accused, tried and convicted, many sex offenders have the same potential for recidivism than other people who commit crimes.
mitzi
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I don't buy that in terms of a child sex offender. There's a few on the registry who been found guilty over and over again. There's a few who have committed a sexual contact offense with a child while they are on work release. I don't believe they will never have sexual contact with a child again. They are predators and always will be.
Mh, got any case citations to support the claim that that scenario would get someone on the offender registry ?
All of the offenders I have looked up and cross-referenced with the judiciary case search had serious offenses to their credit, forcible rape etc. Yes, there are the occasional technical violations of the Romeo+Juliet provisions in there, but most of the folks on the registry are there for a good reason.
I don't think in Maryland they label them as child sex offenders any longer. I believe they have gone to a tier system, level's I II and III. I do know that in the past, a "child" sex offender could be one that was 21 years old and had sexual intercourse with a 15 year old which was not forced. In that instance, I don't believe there is any greater chance that they will repeat the offense.
Now, I do agree with you that depending on the age of the offender and age of the victim, that there are certain offenders who are most likely to re-offend.