Sex Offender Registries Hugely Inflating the Actual Risks

So you know those websites you can go to that will tell u how many sex offenders are in your area and where they live?

Pretty much worthless.

A survey of 5 states showed that counts were inflated by anywhere from 25 to 60 percent! With people being listed who were no longer in the state even, or dead.

Even worse since very state has it’s own laws there’s no consistancy as to the level of risk for the sex offenders that are being listed.

Just more fuel for the panic then.

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Sex-offender registries in 5 states inflate counts by 43 percent | ScienceBlog.com Do an online search for sex offenders living in your neighborhood and you may be alarmed by how many you find. But a new study of sex-offender registries in

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