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Thread (Discussion): [channelcincinnati.com] Many sexual offenders too close to schools
Message 155276
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Posted by admin
on Jul 06, 2005 12:23 AM | Also by admin
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Discuss the article Many sexual offenders too close to schools, which appeared on channelcincinnati.com on June 29, 2005.
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Message 155277 (In Reply to Message 155276)
Posted by steve
on Jul 06, 2005 04:28 AM | Also by steve
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Nearly half of the more than 1,000 registered sexual offenders in Hamilton County are committing a crime by living within 1,000 yards of a school, Target 5's Sheree Paolello reported.
The article says 1,000 yards, but the law is actually 1,000 feet so I assume the author meant to say 1,000 feet.
Poff claims he is less of a risk living with family who watch over him.
"I've been two years no re-offending," he said. "You want me to re-offend, put me back on the street."
Target 5 discovered that Poff lives too close to Allison Elementary, Norwood Christian and Norwood High School, and when his neighbors found out, they weren't sympathetic.
Nearly half of 1,000+ sex offenders in Hamilton County are apparently going to be forced to move. Is this going to backfire? Read what Poff said. Where will they all go? And how will this affect their likelihood to reoffend and access to potential victims?
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Message 155307 (In Reply to Message 155277)
Posted by orolan
on Jul 06, 2005 02:06 PM | Also by orolan
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They'll become homeless, won't be able to register a real address, and will find a new home in the state prison.
Florida taught them how to do it.
Notice that once again; as is always true when we read about these proximity laws, nobody is coming up with the statistics on the number of abductions, rapes, molestations etc occurring at these schools while 500 sex offenders live within 1,000 feet of them.
Because there aren't any.
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Message 155311 (In Reply to Message 155277)
Article corrected - yards to feet
Posted by steve
on Jul 06, 2005 03:16 PM | Also by steve
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The article says 1,000 yards, but the law is actually 1,000 feet so I assume the author meant to say 1,000 feet.
I contacted the Web Staff at channelcincinnati.com and they fixed the error in the article as a result.
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Message 155312 (In Reply to Message 155307)
Posted by steve
on Jul 06, 2005 03:23 PM | Also by steve
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I have to agree with you that a lot will end up homeless and probably locked up eventually as a result. Others might find a home, but the stress of finding a new home and anger with the system might make reoffending more likely. For others, life will go on. Unless someone tracks these RSOs, no one will probably ever know the effects and whether years from now their reoffense rates and ability to reintegrate will be inline with others or way out of whack.
True, I can't recall an article about sex offender proximity laws that stated a statistic of any kind about the number of crimes committed by a registered sex offender at or near a school. I believe that those sex offenders who target children are probably more likely to reoffend should they live very close to where children congregrate, but 920 feet away from a school seems plenty to me. If the offender doesn't have direct line of sight to the area where children congregate or needs binoculars, I think the offender is far enough away. Just my 2 cents.
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155276, admin, Jul 06, 2005 12:23 AM [Introduction]
155277, steve, Jul 06, 2005 04:28 AM
155307, orolan, Jul 06, 2005 02:06 PM
155312, steve, Jul 06, 2005 03:23 PM
155311, steve, Jul 06, 2005 03:16 PM [Article corrected - yards to feet]
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