I'd like to take half a moment to welcome scribblemuse to the internet. Crime blog readers make some of the most interesting people, and so it's always great to learn when they've moved up from that label and began establishing their own little niche corner of the web. While ScribbleMuse isn't a crime blog, it is a crime forum- so I'm sure that a lot of you will be interested in checking it out. Rumor has it there's even a live chat over there, so perhaps one night we can all engage in some lively discussions.
Reading the news today, I was taken back to see that the Florida Sex Offender registry was being criticized. Having had the chance to look at it previously, I had always found it rather informative, and well organized. The issue that many are having with it now wouldn't be noticed by the occasional browser on the site. Which makes it even worse. A review of the FSR has found some rather unsettling statistics: The News-Press analyzed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement database of 36,306 sex offenders and found: • 9,205 of them are incarcerated • 7,037 have run away or can't be found • 824 have been deported; and • 516 are dead. Of the 15,573 sex offenders listed as released and not on parole or probation, only 11,355 of those actually live in Florida. Sex offender registries can only be usefully, and only fully do what they where designed to do when they are updated, maintained and monitored continuously. When you are relying on the SO registries to monitors how safe your...
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