Reply #283: Why don't we help him out with some facts?

[Eloriel]

Facts about Sex Offenders
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/facts.htm

Here's something from that site that I didn't know:

If someone sexually assaults an adult, he will not target children as victims, and if someone sexually assaults a child, he will not target adults.

False. Research and anecdotal evidence indicate that while some sex offenders choose only one type of victim (e.g., prepubescent girls, post-pubescent boys, adult women, etc.), others prey on different types of victims. Therefore, no assumptions should be made about an offender's victim preference and precautions should be taken regardless of his crime of conviction.

Lots more very interesting info at this CA Megan's Law site.


Here's the FBI link to all the state's registries:
Sex Offender Registry for each state
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm

Poking around a bit here and there, this state and that, I don't see any pissing in the alley sex offenses listed. I did see "Sodomy" which sort of made me suspicious -- until I read in the Description: "Victim was an four year old female." Here's another guy, this one older than I am, which makes him 61 or so, convicted of "Rape 2nd" who "engaged in intercourse with a 12 year old female."

There were 9 people in my zip code -- one female. Most of the convictions were for sex crimes involving children, including the woman sex offender whose crime was statutory rape. She's currently 22. You can say what you want to about that, but we don't know the details. I don't know if she's another Mary Kay LaTourneau (sp?) or just someone who got caught up with a younger guy -- and should NOT have. But what I CAN tell you about my county is that I volunteered for a while as a Court-Appopinted Special Advocate (CASA) which works on behalf of children who have been taken from their homes for abuse or negligence and thus are involved in the juvenile court system, and what it takes to get a conviction for child sexual abuse -- damn near impossible! You can have ALL the classic symptoms and acting out and other indicators and it just doesn't matter, those kids will too easily be sent right back to their abusive homes in the absence of really hard proof -- and WE have a really good judge who actually cares a lot about the children (but also cares a lot about the law, which isn't always that helpful for protecting children).

Anyway, I think your enormous concern for the drunken sot who pees in the alley and thus is likely to get scarred and tarred for life is WAY overwrought, overstated, and just a tad bit hysterical, given the real facts and threats children face in this world.