It is the ultimate dream for everyone to own their own house which they can finally call home. Without a doubt, purchasing a house is one of the largest investments a person can commit in their lifetime. But what most home buyers fail to consider when purchasing a house is the safety of their neighbourhood from sexual predators. It is particularly important especially for a family with children where a sex offender could be just door step away.
According to the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics Report, 60% of sexual offenders are on parole at any given day. The statistics also Dharamshala call girls revealed that convicted sexual offenders who are released or on parole are 7. 5 times more likely than other convicted criminal to be rearrested for new sexual assault charges. Alarmingly, 60% of the victims of sexual assault and rapes occur in the victim’s home, or at the home of a friend or neighbor.
If you are alarmed by the statistics, you should be. How do you check whether there are sex abusers in your neighborhood or community?
Over the years, the united states Congress had passed several laws that required states to set up sex offender and crimes against children registry. As result of these laws, convicted sexual offenders who are released from prison or on parole are required to register with the sex offender registry and notify where they reside and work within the community.
The contents of state sex offender registries are public records and you can view them as a matter of rights. However, accessing the information is often difficult. Usually, you must know the name of the person you are looking for before you conduct a search of where the person resides and work. In many states, you need to visit your local police station and complete an information request form before you can conduct a search on a person. There are numerous states that are currently maintaining websites for people to search for sexual offenders, but most often these websites have inadequate functionality to be effective; and as of today there is no official nationwide government online registry to serve the public.
As a result, it is very difficult for home buyers to conduct a general search for sex abusers in a neighborhood or community. Realistically speaking, how would you know the name of a convicted sex abuser in a particular neighborhood or community?
However, there are a few online database services that provide information on convicted sexual offenders. These online databases aggregates data of convicted sexual offenders from the various state sex offender registries and are made available throughout United states. To use the databases, all you need is the ZIP code of the area. And, if there are new registered sex offenders in the neighborhood or community, you will be alerted.
So if you are planning to buy or move to a new house, it is prudent that you consider conducting a sex offender search of the neighborhood for the sake of your children and loved ones.