Feds Launch Sex Offender Web Site
An AP newswire article, via CBS News, reports:
Information on sex offenders in 21 states and the District of Columbia is now available on an Internet site launched this week by the federal government.
Participation by states is voluntary and assistant Attorney General Regina Schofield said all state information is expected to be posted within six months.
The site does not contain any information not already made available on the Internet by each state. But it allows someone to do one search online to determine whether an individual who has been convicted in one state has moved to another.
There are more than 500,000 registered sex offenders nationwide, the Justice Department said. The recidivism rate for sex crimes is four times higher than for other offenses, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
posted by Fergie @ 7/22/2005 10:12:00 AM
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