MetaFilter posts tagged with sexoffenders

Because there weren't enough problems with our sex offender laws

Caduceus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:12:26 -0800

"Sex ting": a disturbing new teenage trend.

What turns you on?

tippiedog — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:09:48 -0800

What turns you on? On September 1, a new [Texas] law will go into effect that aims to better label the most dangerous sex offenders, and the method is unconventional, to say the least... (Link goes to a news article; it's SFW)

license plates

robbyrobs — Wed, 04 May 2005 17:12:44 -0800

Do you have a vanity/special license plate? What if you were required by the state to have a certain plate because of your past?

'Evil doesn't wear a trench coat, doesn't have bad teeth, doesn't announce itself.'

anastasiav — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:43:05 -0800

Nineteen Faces :: Nik adds some thoughtful commentary to photos found on US Sex Offender Registry websites. I find Number Six to be most interesting.

Sex offender registries

jasper411 — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:52:33 -0800

How well do you know your neighbors? With the California Megan's Law database, just breeze through the first few pages, and you'll get a map interface searchable by city, zip code, county, etc. Zoom in, and see little icons that tell you the location of registered sex offenders, and schools. Click on one of those little icons, and you'll see pictures, addresses, descriptions of their crimes, scars, and aliases. This strikes me as an internet app that is both cool and entirely creepy.

sex offender interpretations

jeremias — Tue, 06 May 2003 05:26:41 -0800

Artist finds pictures of sex offenders on web, comments on them. An example of Internet-enabled art. No high-falutin' concepts here. There must be other people out there doing this sort of thing, Photoshop riffing on convicted criminals is so 21st century.

djspicerack — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:19:30 -0800

Wisconsin "loses" 2,900 sex offenders. It seems that the state of Wisconsin has "misplaced" approximately 2,900 of it's 9,000+ population of registered sex offenders. Apparently, they've moved within or out of the state without letting the state know. Jim Stingl of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thinks we should all pitch in and help find those missing offenders, and offers some ways he's helping out already

skallas — Sun, 28 Jul 2002 16:38:32 -0800

The catch-22 of prison therapy. The biggest criticism of sex offender justice is that imprisonment does not mean rehabilitation. In Massachusetts because of stringent anti-sex offender laws, lawyers are advising their clients to turn down prison therapy because it will be used against them. Even used against them after they're done with their sentence. These are serious violations of double jeopardy and doctor patient privilege.

brookish — Thu, 30 May 2002 13:48:53 -0800

Alberta's sex-offender web site: public service, or invitation to vigilante justice?

jameschandler — Mon, 21 May 2001 21:23:52 -0800

Danger! Idiot Judge Lives Here! In Corpus Christi, Texas, a judge has ordered 21 sex offenders to post signs in their yards that read "Danger! Registered Sex Offender Lives Here," and bumper stickers on their cars that read "Danger! Registered Sex Offender in Vehicle." Many people are reacting favorably, such as the person who believes "I think the judge is correct and he should make the signs bigger." But if these people are truly dangerous, why did they receive probation instead of jail time?

tomorama — Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:50:42 -0800

"Naming and shaming" needs to stop is being claimed by groups who are meeting with News of the World executives. These groups claim that releasing information about pedophiles to communities is degrading and sparks more violence than good. They beleive making jail sentences longer will become a better alternative to hilighting offenders, and help to reform them to the point where the information is not needed by those around them.