http://www.familywatchdog.us/

You can put in Your City/Town.....
Your Zip code.......
Your Street........
Different color boxes tell You what Offence was committed.
Click on the box.......See a Picture of the Offender and their address.

I post this just to keep You and Yours safe.....
Shouldn't You know who's in Your neighborhood ?

Wow this is pretty cool.  There's a guy down the road who was convicted for importuning.

(Yeah, I had to look that one up too.  Basically it means 'trolling for hookers)

For alot of the perps they do not state what crime they committed...

I post this just to keep You and Yours safe.....
Shouldn't You know who's in Your neighborhood ?


The registry offers, at best, a sense of false safety. For every SO on the registry, there are several more who have never been caught, and are not on the list.

The SOR should be viewable by LEO, if not dismantled altogether.

Ant

The registry offers, at best, a sense of false safety. For every SO on the registry, there are several more who have never been caught, and are not on the list.

The SOR should be viewable by LEO, if not dismantled altogether.

Ant


Yeah but the site makes poeple feel good.

I dunno, that site looks pretty seedy itself.  I'm not sure I would trust the information on it.

It's from the "America's Most Wanted" Guy.....J
So I thought that gave it some cred.....John Walsh.....
I dunno, that site looks pretty seedy itself.  I'm not sure I would trust the information on it.

It's from the "America's Most Wanted" Guy.....J
So I thought that gave it some cred.....ohn Walsh.....


"See, it's OK. He saw it on the television"

--Jack Torrance

I looked around on that site for as much as I could stand the glaring banner ads, looked like a Vegas strip joint, and there are indeed some scary-looking bastards living near by me who did some sick sh*t.  However, before I came to any conclusions about a particular individual, I would want to get a second source. 

I also think that the hyper-paranoid vigilante mentality Americans whip themselves into regarding these issues contributes to some of society's problems in itself.

I checked it out, because I do have a little man in my house, and thought it was helpful-it's never a bad idea to be aware of your surroundings!

Hey Max.......I wasn't passing judgement{ or sentencing}...just passed it along...
"See, it's OK. He saw it on the television"

--Jack Torrance

I looked around on that site for as much as I could stand the glaring banner ads, looked like a Vegas strip joint, and there are indeed some scary-looking bastards living near by me who did some sick sh*t.  However, before I came to any conclusions about a particular individual, I would want to get a second source. 

I also think that the hyper-paranoid vigilante mentality Americans whip themselves into regarding these issues contributes to some of society's problems in itself.

I'm at work and can't go on this site but a couple of years ago I went on the Megan's Law website and surprisingly saw someone on there that i knew, the brother of my softball teammate. I never told him I saw his brother but he actually mentioned it and that it was an offense with his own kid  >:(   
I would tend to believe that the ML site's info as fairly accurate

I checked it out, because I do have a little man in my house, and thought it was helpful-it's never a bad idea to be aware of your surroundings!


Sorry, I'm a little slow on the uptake tonight.  When you said "a little man," I thought you meant, well, a little man.  I was gonna suggest asking him politely to leave first...

:D

One thing to remember about the SOR. . .the VAST majority of offenders are first time offenders, many for statutory crimes that are misleadingly labeled.  Those who commit truly heinous offenses are generally not released as quickly as people who have biased opinions would have you believe.  John Walsh's own son was sexually assaulted and killed, by an offender who truly should have never been out of jail in the first place, hardly an unbiased ear on the situation as bad as it is. . .

FamilyWatchDog and sites like it also omit information on the national, and state registries. 

Remember, if most offenders are 'first time offenders' (not to mention most who aren't statutory offenses are inter-familial), that means that most offenders are NOT on the registry.  False sense of security at best, and if you truly think looking at some list will protect your kid, you should at least use the state site instead of some secondary site that doesn't always keep up with the actual registry, and relies fully on the original registries to get their info to begin with. 

Ok..I just realized after looking in my area...that there is a sex offender (dealing in child porn)...that lives directly across the street from Vaughn's grandma. I swear, I am not gonna let him stay down there now.

There is a similar product available for iPhones at the Apple AppStore.

The application integrates with the GPS on the iPhone and will give you a map of where the sex perverts are based on where you are standing at any given moment.

I sort of envision some paranoid people with children in the car who run out of gas, because they cannot find a gas station that is far enough away from a sex pervert's registered address...

Ok..I just realized after looking in my area...that there is a sex offender (dealing in child porn)...that lives directly across the street from Vaughn's grandma. I swear, I am not gonna let him stay down there now.


So you're going to disrupt your own family life out of fear? 

What are the details?  Was the man abducting neighborhood children and forcing them to participate in child pornography?  Was he running a large-scale kiddy porn-dealing operation or did he just trade a few pics of naked children over the Internet?

Your concern is certainly well-founded, but without further information, you might be overreacting. 

Guys like John Walsh did a service to us when they said we should be aware, but a disservice when they inspired hysteria.

So you're going to disrupt your own family life out of fear? 

What are the details?  Was the man abducting neighborhood children and forcing them to participate in child pornography?  Was he running a large-scale kiddy porn-dealing operation or did he just trade a few pics of naked children over the Internet?

Your concern is certainly well-founded, but without further information, you might be overreacting. 

Guys like John Walsh did a service to us when they said we should be aware, but a disservice when they inspired hysteria.



well said, also 'dealing with child porn', was every photo child porn? was it intentional?  Was it child porn that was mixed in with regular porn downloads?  Generally if someone is creating child porn or selling it, they'll get a serious sentence, what was his sentence?  Has he/would he ever have sex with an actual child--child porn and child sex are two different things. . .the registry really doesn't answer any of those things.

There is a similar product available for iPhones at the Apple AppStore.

The application integrates with the GPS on the iPhone and will give you a map of where the sex perverts are based on where you are standing at any given moment.

I sort of envision some paranoid people with children in the car who run out of gas, because they cannot find a gas station that is far enough away from a sex pervert's registered address...


The other scary thing is that being used as a hit list.  Not only against offenders, but people who live or work at the same addresses, or even in cases where an offender just moved and the registry isn't updated yet.  Not that it's OK to kill people on the registry, but it's been used for that, and a map system could make that much worse, it's like a mobile hit list.

The other scary thing is that being used as a hit list.  Not only against offenders, but people who live or work at the same addresses, or even in cases where an offender just moved and the registry isn't updated yet.  Not that it's OK to kill people on the registry, but it's been used for that, and a map system could make that much worse, it's like a mobile hit list.


Dale Gribble:  You don't know ME, but I know where YOU live and weer givin' y'all 48 hours to geee-et out!!!

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/hiding.gif

well said, also 'dealing with child porn', was every photo child porn? was it intentional?  Was it child porn that was mixed in with regular porn downloads?  Generally if someone is creating child porn or selling it, they'll get a serious sentence, what was his sentence?  Has he/would he ever have sex with an actual child--child porn and child sex are two different things. . .the registry really doesn't answer any of those things.



he was dealing in child porn...I really don't care how he was/is involved with child porn...I really don't feel comfortable having my child playing outside with maybe his swimming trunks on, in the pool...with some old nasty perv maybe staring at him, etc. I don't think there is such a thing as overreacting with something of this nature (esp. when it involves children).

I really question the validity of this. Or if it really makes any difference in making you feel safe or if there is anything you can do about who you live around...

I remember long ago, when the site first came out, checking it and finding some pretty nefarious people in my area.

But recently, I am lucky enough to move to a more upscale area, and guess what?
There are MORE sex and criminal felony offenders in the upscale area that I'm in now than in the area adjacent to the MLK jr Blvd area I was in before!
And I'll confirm that you just KNOW MLK blvd in ANY city is usually not the best of areas to be, so what gives then?

What does that say about who is living where?  ??? ::)

From what I've found, for sex crimes, and otherwise, its safer to live in the "hood" than anywhere else, so wtf?

I really question the validity of this. Or if it really makes any difference in making you feel safe or if there is anything you can do about who you live around...

I remember long ago, when the site first came out, checking it and finding some pretty nefarious people in my area.

But recently, I am lucky enough to move to a more upscale area, and guess what?
There are MORE sex and criminal felony offenders in the upscale area that I'm in now than in the area adjacent to the MLK jr Blvd area I was in before!
And I'll confirm that you just KNOW MLK blvd in ANY city is usually not the best of areas to be, so what gives then?

What does that say about who is living where?  ??? ::)

From what I've found, for sex crimes, and otherwise, its safer to live in the "hood" than anywhere else, so wtf?


My view of the registries is that it provides good "intel" to a REASONABLE PERSON.  Yes, I certainly would like to have access to information that would let me know if my next door neighbor is a prevert, so I can adjust my security plan accordingly.  Of course I would also like to know if he is a convicted axe murderer too.

The rub in all of this is the term "reasonable person".  You have all sorts of paranoid types out there who spend their days imagining all sorts of dangers, and sites like the Sex Prevert Registry feed their fears.  You know the type... they're the people who buy those $20 "seatbelt release cutters" with the hammer attachment so they can cut themselves free in the probable event that they get trapped in their car upside down and need to claw their way out.  People have made small fortunes inventing "dangers" so they can sell remedies to these nervous nellies.

Nevertheless this is all public information so let the daya flow.  In fact I believe that there should be an online database listing all convictions for crimes, with no expiration statute, because that info is indeed public information.

My view of the registries is that it provides good "intel" to a REASONABLE PERSON.  Yes, I certainly would like to have access to information that would let me know if my next door neighbor is a prevert, so I can adjust my security plan accordingly.  Of course I would also like to know if he is a convicted axe murderer too.

The rub in all of this is the term "reasonable person".  You have all sorts of paranoid types out there who spend their days imagining all sorts of dangers, and sites like the Sex Prevert Registry feed their fears.  You know the type... they're the people who buy those $20 "seatbelt release cutters" with the hammer attachment so they can cut themselves free in the probable event that they get trapped in their car upside down and need to claw their way out.  People have made small fortunes inventing "dangers" so they can sell remedies to these nervous nellies.

Nevertheless this is all public information so let the daya flow.  In fact I believe that there should be an online database listing all convictions for crimes, with no expiration statute, because that info is indeed public information.


Current photos, email addresses, their jobs, their car etc are not public information. . .they've been made public information by the registry. . .but they are not public information.

and you also assume everyone on it is a pervert, even the 13 year olds in Delaware who had sex with other 13 year olds, the registry will only list that as Indecent Liberties with a child, not that they themselves were children

And back to Quirk, again I say, do you know for a fact that he was dealing in child porn. . .child porn can be mixed in with regular legitimate porn, and if tracked, you can be charged even for possession of porn that has people you believed to be an adult, ignorance is no excuse when it comes to the registry.  Additionally, everyone thinks "looking at my children" etc. . .you don't think the 90% of people who aren't on the registry are doing that now, without you knowing it?  Privacy fence, whether offenders live in the area or not, if you are concerned about that.  Every person on the registry was at one time. . .not on the registry.  And most offenders are never caught, that is a known fact.

I am extremely skeptical of any list, I do think it's crazy to only register one type of crime (as LyricBoy mentioned: Axe Murderers aren't on the registry, not that I'd imagine too many of them are ever out on the streets after conviction--but point is other seriously dangerous crimes like Murder, Gang Violence, Armed Robbery and Arson are not registered, 3 of which have higher recidivism rates than sexual offenses), but it just seems to me like a political stunt, that cannot and will not save children, and instead make parents focus on who they believe to be the danger (the 10% who appear on the registry, of which most are not the type to hang out behind bushes) and ignore the vast majority of offenders who are never caught, because the list itself is the protection instead of education, protection, and common sense---that should be in place no matter who may live in your neighborhood.  No one is free from crime, the registry is a shame list, not a community protection tool, anyone who is involved in legal research knows that.  My mom is a paralegal. . .I have spent hours researching the effects of criminal law, and sadly the politicians rely on TV as do most of the American public. 

I'm done in this thread, I'm not trying to create a riff, just stating a simple truth. You should protect your children no matter what or who is on that list, because most of the people who are actively committing crimes of any kind. . .have NOT been caught, and are on no list, rendering any list totally useless.

Current photos, email addresses, their jobs, their car etc are not public information. . .they've been made public information by the registry. . .but they are not public information.


I agree on the photo, email, and job are private info.  However their car is public information because it runs under authority (a license) granted by the State.



I'm done in this thread, I'm not trying to create a riff, just stating a simple truth. You should protect your children no matter what or who is on that list, because most of the people who are actively committing crimes of any kind. . .have NOT been caught, and are on no list, rendering any list totally useless.


The list is NOT totally useless.  It provides intel that, combined with other information and appropriate cautions by a person, can enhance their overall security.  I agree that if one's sole source of information is a Sex Prevert registry and nothing else, then their security plan is going to be quite ineffective.

he was dealing in child porn...I really don't care how he was/is involved with child porn...I really don't feel comfortable having my child playing outside with maybe his swimming trunks on, in the pool...with some old nasty perv maybe staring at him, etc. I don't think there is such a thing as overreacting with something of this nature (esp. when it involves children).


Police keep a very close watch on offenders.  These Sex Offenders registries feed fear into people such as yourself.  Let me ask you something would you harass this person or hurt him because of what he's been charged with?  He's done the time and he's being monitored and all he probably wants is to be left alone.  I should think he's terrified of vigilantes using the registry to do him in.

well said, also 'dealing with child porn', was every photo child porn? was it intentional?  Was it child porn that was mixed in with regular porn downloads?  Generally if someone is creating child porn or selling it, they'll get a serious sentence, what was his sentence?  Has he/would he ever have sex with an actual child--child porn and child sex are two different things. . .the registry really doesn't answer any of those things.


Isn't most of that stuff computer generated now?  So what's next are we going to arrest people who find slasher movies fascinating because it depicts murder?  See what I'm getting at . . . a slippery slope.

The list is NOT totally useless.  It provides intel that, combined with other information and appropriate cautions by a person, can enhance their overall security.  I agree that if one's sole source of information is a Sex Prevert registry and nothing else, then their security plan is going to be quite ineffective.


Thank you! I will use whatever means I am given to protect my CHILD. If it helps ONE person, it is worth it!!

Oh dear.  I wasn't hoping it wouldn't come to this.  
::)

Isn't most of that stuff computer generated now?  So what's next are we going to arrest people who find slasher movies fascinating because it depicts murder?  See what I'm getting at . . . a slippery slope.


Sadly in Australia, someone was tried-charged and CONVICTED for viewing child porn---of who may you ask?  Bart and Lisa Simpson--I only wish I was joking.

Sadly in Australia, someone was tried-charged and CONVICTED for viewing child porn---of who may you ask?  Bart and Lisa Simpson--I only wish I was joking.


Not to mention Meg Griffin hooks up with Bobby Hill!
:o

I think once you have a child (whether you birthed that child, or adopted that child...or whatever....RAISING a child) you become more aware of these sorts of things..you become way more protective than the average person with no children. I was in no way saying that I would go and shoot the guy, just because he is a child porn fiend...HOWEVER, I feel that I am not being ridiculous in fearing for the unknown, and wanting to protect my child. This man (regardless if he is into little boys, or little girls...or teenagers) lives directly across from my child's grandma's house. My child plays outside with his cousin (also 7 years old)..in the FRONT yard all the time. They run around with the hose, play typical summer-time games, etc. Why shouldn't I be leary of someone who has indeed been CONVICTED OF CHILD PORN...who happens to be right across the street and can look right out his bathroom window and see my child and other children innocently playing outside?

You have to be pretty ignorant NOT to realize that this is something that a normal person SHOULD be concerned and worried about. Sorry if I ruffle some feathers by my comments/opinions...but come on..seriously.

Why should my child's grandma have to spend money to put up a privacy fence (btw...she doesn't even know about this yet...I JUST found out myself)?

My opinion...send them all to a deserted island...they can play doctor and molest each other.

I think once you have a child (whether you birthed that child, or adopted that child...or whatever....RAISING a child) you become more aware of these sorts of things..you become way more protective than the average person with no children. I was in no way saying that I would go and shoot the guy, just because he is a child porn fiend...HOWEVER, I feel that I am not being ridiculous in fearing for the unknown, and wanting to protect my child. This man (regardless if he is into little boys, or little girls...or teenagers) lives directly across from my child's grandma's house. My child plays outside with his cousin (also 7 years old)..in the FRONT yard all the time. They run around with the hose, play typical summer-time games, etc. Why shouldn't I be leary of someone who has indeed been CONVICTED OF CHILD PORN...who happens to be right across the street and can look right out his bathroom window and see my child and other children innocently playing outside?

You have to be pretty ignorant NOT to realize that this is something that a normal person SHOULD be concerned and worried about. Sorry if I ruffle some feathers by my comments/opinions...but come on..seriously.

Why should my child's grandma have to spend money to put up a privacy fence (btw...she doesn't even know about this yet...I JUST found out myself)?

My opinion...send them all to a deserted island...they can play doctor and molest each other.


If your child isn't naked outside, what makes you think he's going to get any jollies off of it?  Porn is intuitively. . .pornographic. . .and that's again without knowing if he was intentionally possessing child porn, or if he was into the barely legal porn and had some that were being tracked because they were of 16/17 year olds. . .but you should be concerned, but if he moved out tomorrow, should you suddenly let your guard down?  That's my concern, these types of crimes aren't new.  They've always been there.  With the registry people are sudden scared of people living near them on the registry, but the numbers haven't been upward until recently, and that has been partially attributed to the registry itself (Loss of dignity and self respect, not to mention more trouble finding a job because of the stigma, has actually shown to increase the likelihood of re offending significantly--and no evidence has been found whatsoever that the list protects children)  I'm just saying it the way I see it, I respect your opinion Quirk, but I think you are overlooking an important fact.

Kids need protection/supervision playing in a front yard.  Most offenses are within the family, those that aren't are usually within a child's family's circle of friends.  The stranger danger should apply with or without a sex offender living nearby.  Most offenders, especially in stranger danger since they typically have longer sentences unless it is a statutory crime, are first time offenders, meaning even if that guy moved out tomorrow, there are real threats in every community that you have to protect your child from.  You don't honestly think that just because a sex offender isn't there that you can let your guard down do you?  Does anyone forget Jessica Lunsford did not live near a sex offender, the sex offender who kidnapped, raped, and killed that little girl had absconded from a totally different area. . .Can you learn all 750,000 and counting offenders names, cars, pictures and such and keep up with the ever growing population?  The only way to truly protect a child is to have him or her supervised until they are old enough to be out on there own, at which point other safety precautions like asking a teenage kid to carry a keychain or watch with a loud noise making device, hang out with other friends or adults that you have met personally and trust, and of course, know what they are up to and where they are going.  Educating a child against accepting rides or other gestures from strangers will do far more to protect them than the sex offender registry ever could.  That's what I'm trying to say.  Protect your kid, yes, and if you are against a privacy fence, fine--have someone supervise them--even if that offender moves, you can't tell me that they are still 100% safe.  Most active sex offenders have NOT been caught, and that's fact--there's not much disputing that no matter what side of the fence you sit on.  It's why I don't see how anyone can really be behind the registry, surely you see that you are somewhat focused on a particular offender.  Do you know for a fact that his neighbor isn't looking, and since he's not being watched by police--may actually do something to your child?  I know it's scary--but it's reality.  The list is a feel good law, child protection starts at home, not some watch list. 

If the registry made you more aware that a child needs supervision and protection great, but all I'm saying is that the list itself does nothing to protect children, and statistically may have made things worse.  There have been noted cases where an offender has given up because of that list and ended up re-offending, the opposite of the list's goal--I know that's not what anybody wants.

I'm going to try and step away from this thread again, I understand your reasoning, as well as Lyric Boy's, I just don't think that many people understand the full consequences of the registry, what it does to both children and offenders, and how very real the danger that using the list instead of real protection may pose to children.  Real protection like supervision and education about strangers and good touch/bad touch

you made some good points, and no...just because a sex offender might not live in the neighborhood any longer...that does not mean that I would let my guard down. I NEVER let my guard down, no matter where I am at. I realize that there are pervs everywhere, and most of them look quite normal (not the seedy old man persona that so many people assume to be the case).

OK, so you've got this convicted child pornographer living across the street.  You find this out on the FamilyWatchDog registry.
So, what do you do now? 
What is your plan?
What actions do you take?
???

OK, so you've got this convicted child pornographer living across the street.  You find this out on the FamilyWatchDog registry.
So, what do you do now? 
What is your plan?
What actions do you take?
???



I don't let my child go down there anymore. If I can't be there to supervise him, than I can't be sure that anyone else really is. If his grandma wants to see him...she can come over here...or take him out for the day. Simple. And yes..I DO realize that they are out there everywhere, and I DO realize that no matter how you try, you cannot shield your child from every little thing...however, if I can keep him away from one that I am aware of....I will do just that.