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Thread (Discussion): [KELOLAND.COM] New law would create national sex offender database

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Message 141807 (In Reply to Message 141689)
Make Them Public

Posted by Navigatr1 on Dec 04, 2004 04:04 PM | Also by Navigatr1

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orolan wrote:

Funny you should mention that. You're in law enforcement. Do you know what the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is? It promotes state participation in several programs, including the; National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), National Protection Order File (NPOF), and the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR), and a few other lesser information-sharing programs.

I think they should just make all of these information sharing systems public. After all, they are just public information. The various offender registries that the states have were originally meant to be for law enforcement use only, and were later expanded so that the public could access them. So why not make all of these public for everyones protection? Don't I have a right to be able to do instant criminal background checks on all of my neighbors for free so that I can better protect myself?

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Message 141689

Posted by orolan on Dec 02, 2004 02:32 AM | Also by orolan

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<blockquote>And who are the ones at highest risk to reoffend? It's the releasee from prison...</blockquote> 
You're right there. No doubt persons released from prison make up the majority of the 5% who actually DO reoffend. What a huge number, eh?
<blockquote>...and don't a large percentage of their crimes occur after their release?</blockquote>
There is no evidence that released offenders have an escalation of offenses once released. On the contrary, most are caught within one victimization after release. These same persons of course are reported to have had tens and hundreds of victims in their lifetime prior to first getting caught.
<blockquote>...it gives the parole officer an idea...</blockquote>
Remember, the law says "unconditionally released". As in "time served. EOS. No parole.
<blockquote>It's simply a tool and will not prevent crimes plain and simple.</blockquote>
But it's supposed to prevent crimes. That's what its supporters claim, and that's why they want it. Dru would still be alive if this law had already existed, remember?
<blockquote>Doing a name search against a national data...</blockquote>
Funny you should mention that. You're in law enforcement. Do you know what the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is? It promotes state participation in several programs, including the; National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), National Protection Order File (NPOF), and the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR), and a few other lesser information-sharing programs.
Of course, these programs are self-explanatory by their names. Our particular subject addresses the NSOR, about which the DOJ had this to say in its 2004 report:
<blockquote>NCHIP funds have assisted States in building sex offender registries and participating in the FBI's National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) which became operational in July 1999. As of September 2004, 50 States, Guam, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have provided nearly 360,000 records to the NSOR.</blockquote>
So why are we seeking passage of a law that is redundant? There is already a National Registry, and it's been around for 5 years already! And everybody is participating voluntarily!

For more information on NCHIP, some of it state-specific, check this out:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/nchip.htm

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141534, admin, Nov 24, 2004 06:55 PM [Introduction]
      141544, Navigatr1, Nov 25, 2004 04:19 AM [Should Take It Further]
            141558, 1dadof5, Nov 26, 2004 08:10 AM
      141568, orolan, Nov 26, 2004 07:05 PM
            141587, 1dadof5, Nov 28, 2004 08:21 AM
            141591, dp1, Nov 28, 2004 12:07 PM
                  141594, orolan, Nov 28, 2004 02:22 PM
                        141608, dp1, Nov 28, 2004 05:34 PM
                              141648, poetsdreamscape, Nov 30, 2004 02:21 AM [national registry?]
                                    141725, orolan, Dec 02, 2004 06:19 PM [Poet]
                              141689, orolan, Dec 02, 2004 02:32 AM
                                    141807, Navigatr1, Dec 04, 2004 04:04 PM [Make Them Public]
                                          142256, gfndresident, Dec 11, 2004 07:45 PM [IT wouldn't Have Helpe...]
                                                142319, orolan, Dec 13, 2004 01:54 AM
                              143448, roccy, Jan 08, 2005 06:25 AM [ummmm]
                                    143521, orolan, Jan 09, 2005 03:11 PM [roccy]
                                          143555, dp1, Jan 09, 2005 08:01 PM
                                                143567, orolan, Jan 10, 2005 02:28 AM
                                                      143573, dp1, Jan 10, 2005 04:08 AM
                                                            143688, orolan, Jan 12, 2005 12:53 AM

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Thread (Discussion): [KELOLAND.COM] New law would create national sex offender database

Message 141807 (In Reply to Message 141689)
Make Them Public