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Thread (Discussion): New Jersey Registry
Message 120386
A Quick Count
Posted by orolan
on Oct 24, 2003 01:12 AM | Also by orolan
| Gender: Male,
Age Bracket: 30 - 39,
State: N/A,
Country: United States |
myoung had asked me to look at the NJ registry in another thread. I did so, and responded. But I saw some things and wanted to "share" them. I would like to provide a rough statistical analysis in one part and a posting of some of the "crimes" relative to the tier level assigned. I'll do it in two threads, this one being the statistics.
What I did was browse through the offenders for Monmouth County. I picked that one because it sounded cool. Here you go:
Tier 2 offenders - 54
Tier 3 offenders - 2
Victim Ages:
Infant - 1
Under 13 - 55
Over 13 / Under 18 - 30
Over 18 - 21
Victim sex:
Male - 38
Female - 69
Crimes:
Sexual Assault - 31
Endangering welfare of a child - 36
Luring / Enticing - 2
Criminal Sexual Conduct - 13
Aggravated Sexual Assault - 29
Kidnapping - 1
Unlawful Restraint - 3
Miscellaneous Data:
Offense committed during another unrelated crime - 10
Offender was in position of authority - 6
Offense against family member - 5
The numbers won't add up because of multiple victims / charges and in some cases there is a lack of clarity about just how many victims there were. Also, I did this rather quickly, so I don't claim that the data is exact.
One thing to note is that Monmouth County will return 151 offenders, but you only see 56 listed. That is because if an offender has known aliases, they are listed under each one. Some offenders are listed 6 or 8 times, for the same offense. This to me is a blatant "scare" tactic to skew the numbers and cause people to believe there are more sex offenders than there really are. I'll have to ask somebody in New Jersey why this is.
Tomorrow I'll post the crime descriptions. They'll make you wonder about the tier-ranking system and what criteria are used in determining an offender's rank.
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Message 120401 (In Reply to Message 120386)
not perfect
Posted by myoung
on Oct 24, 2003 05:09 AM | Also by myoung
| Gender: N/A,
Age Bracket: N/A,
State: Pennsylvania,
Country: United States |
I know it isn't as nice as FL but it was just put out very recently in NJ. The thing is, PA doesn't have one at all. check out our wonderful website and see just how educational it is in general....NOT. It really needs some work. www.psp.state.pa.us
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Message 120411 (In Reply to Message 120401)
Florida
Posted by orolan
on Oct 24, 2003 03:40 PM | Also by orolan
| Gender: Male,
Age Bracket: N/A,
State: N/A,
Country: United States |
Florida's registry is worse than New Jersey's if you ask me. My primary beef with Florida's is that in complying with the requirement that the registry contain "The circumstances of the sexual predator's offense or offenses;", the state merely cites a statute. At least NJ provides some descriptive info about the crime.
I'm sure we can find flaws and good points about all registries. I for one prefer the current California Registry that at least requires one to go to the police station to look at it. Many people say that isn't fair because some people don't have the ability to get to the police station. But then again, not everybody has a computer or Net access, either. How are they to gain access?
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Message 120413 (In Reply to Message 120411)
Posted by steve
on Oct 24, 2003 03:52 PM | Also by steve
| Gender: Male,
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State: Virginia,
Country: United States |
>But then again, not everybody has a computer or Net access, either.
> How are they to gain access?
If California put their registry online the same computer viewing stations at police deparments and sheriff's stations could be setup to provide access to that online registry and nothing else. Then those who have Internet access could easily access the information from home or work and those that don't could still go to a viewing station.
Incidentally, California has several methods by which residents can get information on registered sex offenders. They can go to the viewing stations to browse the registry, call a 900-# and pay $10 to request information on up to 2 names (doesn't help if you just want to know what registered offenders are in your vicinity) and organizations (schools, etc.) can do bulk name lookups by written request for something like $4 a name.
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120386, orolan, Oct 24, 2003 01:12 AM [A Quick Count]
120401, myoung, Oct 24, 2003 05:09 AM [not perfect]
120411, orolan, Oct 24, 2003 03:40 PM [Florida]
120413, steve, Oct 24, 2003 03:52 PM
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