Should offenders be named and shamed ?
This is a difficult one. As a parent, I support the idea in principal, BUT does it put them in danger and is it against their human rights ??
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The state of Western Australia went live today with a publicly accessible register which allows parents and guardians to register on the site and then be contacted if a serious offender lives in or near their suburb. It also listed offenders whose whereabouts are presently unknown and published distinguishing features such as tattoos and scars. Parents and guardians can also check if a person supervising their children is an offender.
The state's police minister, Liza Harvey, said the website would improve safety but noted it was not a substitute for parental supervision and "common sense".
"Eighty to 90 per cent of offending against children is actually done by people that are known to the children," she said. "That's family members or close family friends." But legal groups warned the website could lead to vigilantism and abuse of people who have been wrongly identified as sex offenders.
"My primary concern is, once people have this information, what it is anticipated they will do other than try and run the bloke out of town," said Linda Black, from the state's Criminal Lawyers Association. "I'm not sure exactly what it is that the government expects you to do with the information."
Jonathan Davies, from the Australian Lawyers Alliance, said the new Australian website would lead to "violence, damage to property, slashed tyres and broken windows." "These things will flow and they will have no practical remedy," he told ABC Radio.
Telegraph
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People who have been convicted of a crime should wear a mark on their faces! Just like God marked Kain after he had murdered Abel.
There are grey areas, although the intention is goo.
It allows parents and guardians to register on the site and then be contacted if a serious offender lives in or near their suburb. It also lists offenders whose whereabouts are presently unknown and s distinguishing features such as tattoos and scars. Parents and guardians can also check if a person supervising their children is an offender
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9609656/Australia-publishes-online-public-register-of-child-sex-offenders.html
Human offenders should be NAMED and shamed to let the whole world Alert and knows their bad deeds and lesson for others to prevent from committing such crimes.
Yes...that again will be a huge problem!
had the information been 100% accurate and fool proof, but as it appears, judging by the concerns expressed by legal groups,even those falsely accused can end up on the list, hence that would be a great injustice then.
I know a few other countries have this, but in order to get access you have to have "reasonable suspicion." Not sure how reasonable suspicion is defined, but I know it's not as simple as "I heard from a friend of a friend that X's Dad is on the sex offenders registry, tell me if he is"
My worry about this is that the sex offenders registry's don't differentiate between a 3 times convicted pedophile who diddles 5 year olds, and the 19 year old who slept with his 17 year old girlfriend and her parents pressed charges.
will help if we ourselves had a big heart & tolerance.