Pros And Cons Of Sex Offender Registry
Keeping labeling theory in mind, does sex registration (of convicted sex offenders) serve the public interests, and or does this labeling process do more harm than good? Pls fully explain and defend your views.
I am the father of 4 children. I have three daughters; 23, 14 and 7 and a 21 year old boy. The thought of my children, any of them, older or younger, being the victim of a sex offense scares me to death. I have always been in favor of the National Sex Offender Registry. I have thought of the sex offender registry as a tool. Since having my children, whenever I have moved to any location I always check the sex offender registry to look for registered sex offenders in the area and have decided not to move to certain homes because …show more content…
When they are labeled and cannot gain societies acceptance they may then turn to a more deviant lifestyle and I have seen this happen personally. When I was recruiting for the Army a 24 year old male wanted to join the Army. Everything seemed good. He had a high school diploma, did well on the ASVAB and was physically fit. Then the criminal background check came back. Only one incident, but it placed him on the National Sex Offender Registry. He was at a party at a Super Bowl party at a friends house. He was drinking alcohol and had to urinate. There was someone passed out in the bathroom with the door locked, so he went to the back yard to urinate. There was still a little daylight left and the neighbors’ daughter, who was about 3, came out and saw him urinating. The neighbors were upset, called the police and had him arrested for indecent exposure to a minor. This put him on the National Sex Offender Registry. Because of the charge he was not eligible to join the Army. I put in a request for a waiver because of what actually happened. Before the results of the waiver could be processed, he was charged with sexual assault in a local bar. This time it was more legitimate and I knew I could not get a waiver. When I asked him what had happened he told me because he thought he wouldn’t get into the Army because of the previous charge, he felt like “scum”, decided to go out and get drunk and while he was drunk, sexually assaulted a
I am the father of 4 children. I have three daughters; 23, 14 and 7 and a 21 year old boy. The thought of my children, any of them, older or younger, being the victim of a sex offense scares me to death. I have always been in favor of the National Sex Offender Registry. I have thought of the sex offender registry as a tool. Since having my children, whenever I have moved to any location I always check the sex offender registry to look for registered sex offenders in the area and have decided not to move to certain homes because …show more content…
When they are labeled and cannot gain societies acceptance they may then turn to a more deviant lifestyle and I have seen this happen personally. When I was recruiting for the Army a 24 year old male wanted to join the Army. Everything seemed good. He had a high school diploma, did well on the ASVAB and was physically fit. Then the criminal background check came back. Only one incident, but it placed him on the National Sex Offender Registry. He was at a party at a Super Bowl party at a friends house. He was drinking alcohol and had to urinate. There was someone passed out in the bathroom with the door locked, so he went to the back yard to urinate. There was still a little daylight left and the neighbors’ daughter, who was about 3, came out and saw him urinating. The neighbors were upset, called the police and had him arrested for indecent exposure to a minor. This put him on the National Sex Offender Registry. Because of the charge he was not eligible to join the Army. I put in a request for a waiver because of what actually happened. Before the results of the waiver could be processed, he was charged with sexual assault in a local bar. This time it was more legitimate and I knew I could not get a waiver. When I asked him what had happened he told me because he thought he wouldn’t get into the Army because of the previous charge, he felt like “scum”, decided to go out and get drunk and while he was drunk, sexually assaulted a