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  Kentucky State Police: Sex Offender Registry
These offenders "Served Out" their sentences, or their probationary periods, and are now free to move around and carry on their lives, as long as they continue to follow the requirements of the sex offender registration law.
Offenders under supervision may be restricted by the conditions of their probation or parole from living or working in areas where children are present, depending on the conditions placed upon them by the sentencing judge or the parole board.
Registered offenders report their address to the Department of Corrections prior to their release from prison, or the Division of Probation and Parole upon being assigned probation or moving in from another state.
www.kentuckystatepolice.org /sor.htm   (2034 words)

  
 Colorado Convicted Sex Offender Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Sex offenders receive notice of the duty to register from judges, probation and parole officers, and staff at Department of Human Services, county jails, Department of Corrections, community corrections and law enforcement.
Whenever a sex offender changes his/her address, he/she must cancel registration at the law enforcement agency where he/she is currently registered and must must re-register within five (5) business days with the law enforcement agency where he/she moves.
If a sex offender fails to comply with ANY registration requirements, he/she may be charged with the criminal offense of Failure to Register As A Sex Offender, which may be charged as a felony.
sor.state.co.us /sor_registration.asp   (756 words)

  
 Info For Sex Offenders
Sex offenders convicted or adjudicated of the crime of "enticing a child under the age of 16", G.L. c.
Sex offenders must register by notifying the Board of their current and new work address by mail at least 10 days prior to changing a place of employment.
Sex offenders who committed their sex offenses in Massachusetts, were convicted of sex offenses in Massachusetts courts, and are required to register in Massachusetts, must register as a sex offender in any state the offender takes up residence, works in, or attends school.
www.mass.gov /sorb/info_forSO.htm   (1059 words)

  
 Nebraska Sex Offender Registry - Zip Code Search
Because of that, the legislature determined that state policy should assist efforts of local law enforcement agencies to protect their communities by requiring sex offenders to register with local law enforcement agencies as provided by the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Sex Offenders have "always" been in our communities.
Sex offender registry information shall not be used to retaliate against the registrants, their families, or their employers in any way.
www.nsp.state.ne.us /sor   (131 words)

  
 About the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry
The purpose of the sex offender registry is to track the location of a class of offenders that, by nature of their crimes, pose an ongoing risk to public safety.
Offenders' fingerprints, photos, DNA indicator if the Forensic Lab has a sample on file, registration and related information forms are housed at the DCI.
Sex offenders who fail to register or update address information can be charged with a misdemeanor and subsequent compliance violations are felonies.
dci.sd.gov /administration/id/sexoffender/about.htm   (339 words)

  
 Arkansas Crime Information Center
Sex offenders are required to register in Arkansas.
A sex offender moving to or returning to this state from another jurisdiction shall register with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within 30 days of establishing residency.
All registered sex offenders in the State of Arkansas are required to submit to assessment by the Sex Offender Screening and Risk Assessment Program coordinated by the Arkansas Department of Correction.
www.acic.org /Registration/index.htm   (829 words)

  
 NYS Sex Offender Registry Home Page
Registered sex offenders in New York are classified by the risk of reoffense.
The court also determines whether an offender should be given the designation of a sexual predator, sexually violent offender or predicate sex offender.
Sex offenders registered on or after March 11, 2002 register for a minimum of 10 years unless they have been given a designation.
criminaljustice.state.ny.us /nsor/index.htm   (512 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Police stepping up efforts to register sex offenders
Anyone convicted of a sex crime in Massachusetts since 1981 is required to register each year with the police department in the municipality where they live.
Sex offenders are classified in three levels, based on their likelihood to commit a crime again, with Level 3 being the highest.
Esty pointed to the arrest last month of a convicted sex offender, who is currently in police custody and awaiting a court appearance later this month.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/03/14/police_stepping_up_efforts_to_register_sex_offenders?mode=PF   (689 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Sex offenders register
There are 12,000 people on the sex offenders register, which came into force in 1997; it includes all sexual crimes.
Convicted sex offenders must register their names and addresses with the police, and inform them within 14 days if they move.
Tony Butler, spokesman on sexual offenders for the association of chief police officers, said anonymity was an essential element of the register and the campaign would only endanger children's lives by driving the paedophiles underground.
www.guardian.co.uk /child/story/0,7369,350554,00.html   (721 words)

  
 STOP Sex Offenders! | OK: Many sex offenders don't register correct address   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The addresses of half of the 3,731 sex offenders on a state Department of Corrections registry cannot be verified, according to a spokesman for the department.
Sex offenders also are required to register with local law enforcement agencies, but the state system and local system are not linked, Massie said.
Some offenders have been prosecuted for failing to register, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
www.stopsexoffenders.com /registrynews/archives/2000/registrynews37.shtml   (396 words)

  
 Massachusetts
All sex offenders must register by notifying the Board of his/her current and new address by mail at least 10 days prior to moving to a different city or town in the Commonwealth; or moving within the same city or town in the Commonwealth.
Sex Offenders are required to register for a period of 20 years after conviction, or release from all custody, or supervision, whichever occurs last, unless the offender is subject to lifetime registration, in which case registration shall never be terminated.
However, a sex offender may apply to the SORB for relief from registration by providing proof, by clear, and convincing evidence that the offender has not committed a sex offense within 10 years and is not likely to pose a danger to the safety of others.
www.klaaskids.org /st-mass.htm   (893 words)

  
 Sex Offenders
Jesse Timmerndequas, a twice-convicted sex offender, was sentenced to death for Megan's murder and rape.
Habitual Child Victim Offender is defined as a person who has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to committing a Sexually Oriented Offense, on a person, under eighteen (18) years of age, not the child of the person, and who previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more Sexually Oriented Offenses.
Offenders designated as Habitual Child Victim Offenders are subject to registration/verification requirements annually for a period of 20 (twenty) years after release.
www.galliasheriff.org /sex_offenders.htm   (653 words)

  
 sex offenders
The objective of the 1990 Community Protection Act is to provide adequate notice to the community concerning sex offenders who are, or will be residing in the community; and to assist community members in developing constructive plans to prepare themselves and their children for residing near released sex offenders.
The sex offender has served the sentence imposed on him/her by the court and has advised the Benton County Sheriff's Office the he or she will be living in the location listed.
Sex offenders have always lived in our communities but until passage of the Community Protection Act of 1990 (which mandates sex offender registration) law enforcement did not know where sex offenders were living.
www.co.benton.wa.us /sex_offenders.htm   (874 words)

  
 BBC News | SCOTLAND | Sex offenders list change demand
It is estimated there are 110,000 sex offenders in the UK - 6,000 of them in Scotland - who were convicted before 1997 and do not feature on the register.
Some of the offenders are missing from the register because they committed sex crimes overseas, served short sentences or were convicted of indecent exposure.
As well as reviewing the sex offenders register ministers are also studying the possibility of electronically tagging sex offenders on their release from jail.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/847804.stm   (705 words)

  
 Sex Offender Registry - Home
Habitual and aggravated offenders are required to register for their lifetime and all other sex offenders are required to register for ten years following expiration of their sentence.
In Oklahoma sex offenders are required to register with the Department of Corrections and with their local law enforcement agency.
Habitual and aggravated sex offenders are required to verify their home address every ninety days, and all other sex offenders have to do so at least once a year.
docapp8.doc.state.ok.us /servlet/page?_pageid=190&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30   (664 words)

  
 Police push on to make sex offenders register
Working with the state Sex Offender Registry Board, the department came up with the names of 12 individuals in Westport who were not in compliance with the law.
He has registered with the town, but his picture was posted because he is considered a high risk of being a repeat offender.
Now, sex offenders in all three categories are required to register, but only the names of class II and III offenders can be released.
www.eastbayri.com /story/311595471643016.php   (696 words)

  
 8/27/2004 - Sex Offenders Must Register or Be Prosecuted, Says Cox - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The new state sexual offender registration law became effective August 1 and requires offenders to be registered by Sept. 1.
There were more than 300 registered under the old law, but only a fraction of that have registered under the new law and it is estimated that more than 200 have yet to register.
All law enforcement agencies in Hamilton County, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) are in the process of identifying all sex offenders in compliance with the law as well as all sex offenders not in compliance.
www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_54746.asp   (682 words)

  
 Sex offenders may face fees to register
Sex offenders would be charged a fee when they register with county sheriffs' offices under a bill introduced yesterday by a local lawmaker.
The bill is aimed at recouping the costs for local law enforcement authorities to enforce the state's Megan's Law, which requires those convicted of sex offenses -- and labeled sex offenders -- to register with the sheriff's office in the county where they live.
Alexander said the number of registered offenders will continue to grow as those sentenced under Megan's Law are released from prison.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/636446/posts   (744 words)

  
 Mister Poll: UK Sex Offenders Register
We don't have a thieves' register; and arsonists' register; a murderers' register; a drunk-drivers' register or an offenses against the person offenders' register.
a young man who, through drunken stupidity or naivity, thinks that a woman is consenting to sex when she is not might be convicted of rape and put on the sex offenders register.
And if the police routinely start their investigations by consulting the sex offenders register to decide who their suspects are, they are going to miss an awful lot of first-time offenders somewhere down the line.
www.misterpoll.com /results.mpl?id=759353440   (721 words)

  
 WTOK | Convicted Sex Offenders Must Register
Time is up for convicted sex offender evacuees to register with authorities here.
Sex offender ID cards will be issued as proof of registration.
Sex offenders must also re-register every 90 days.
www.wtok.com /news/headlines/1858042.html   (128 words)

  
 Sex offenders must register   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
All Illinois sex offenders will soon be required to register with their local police departments.
Illinois has had a child sexual offender registration law on the books since 1996, but with this new legislation all those convicted of a sex crime will be on record at your local police department.
Also, all sexual offenders are required to pay an initial $10 registration fee and a $5 renewal fee to the local police department.
www.siue.edu /ALESTLE/library/fall1997/sept.9.97/sex.html   (188 words)

  
 Special Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Registration serves as a means for monitoring and tracking an offender's whereabouts, providing access to the Registry information for law enforcement agencies, victims, public/private organizations and the general public is intended to promote public safety and help detect and prevent crime.
The Registry does not contain information on all convicted sex offenders or those individuals whose sexually violent behaviors have not come to the attention of the authorities.
The information contained in the Registry is limited by the effective date of the law (12/25/93) and to those offenders who have been arrested and convicted, adjudicated or committed for a crime specified under the law.
www.wi-doc.com /offender.htm   (700 words)

  
 Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Offenders convicted in a federal court, military court or a court of another state or territory for any offense which under the laws of this state would be classified as a violation of O.C.G.A. § 42-1-12 and the offender will be establishing residence in the State of Georgia.
The offender shall give the new information to the Sheriff or Sheriffs with whom he/she last registered and the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the county to which he/she are changing residence address, employment address, vocation address, school name, school address, or enrollment status not later than ten days after the information has changed.
If an offender moves to another county in the State of Georgia, he/she is required to register with the Sheriff of his/her new county of residence in addition to notifying the Sheriff of his/her previous county of residence.
www.ganet.org /gbi/disclaim.html   (633 words)

  
 Sex offenders won't register
Convicted felons designated as sexually oriented offenders in Hamilton County courts will no longer be required to register their addresses with the sheriff's office in the county where they live.
So, the court said, requiring sexually oriented offenders to register their addresses bears no connection to the state's interest, which is to prevent future sex offenses.
A habitual sex offender must register with authorities for 20 years, and a sexually oriented offender for 10 years.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/07/24/loc_loc1asoff.html   (513 words)

  
 New Jersey State Police - NJ Sex Offender Internet Registry
Individual registrants are then assessed to determine whether they pose a relatively low, moderate or high risk of re-offense, based on application of elements such as the characteristics of the sex offense or offenses they committed, their offense history and other criteria such as response to treatment and community support.
The Attorney General Guidelines for Law Enforcement for the Implementation of Sex Offender Registration can be obtained from the Division of Criminal Justice web site at www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/megan for more information on the registration, assessment and community notification procedures.
This sex offender Internet registry includes information pertaining to sex offenders determined to pose a relatively high risk of re-offense (tier 3 offenders) and, with certain exceptions, information about sex offenders found to pose a moderate risk of re-offense (tier 2 offenders).
www.njsp.org /info/reg_sexoffend.html   (729 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | sa news MP's stop short of sex offenders register
However, should a register of sexual offenders be set up in South Africa, it should not be open to the public, the task team said in its final report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
The register should be managed by Correctional Services, Safety and Security and Social Development "for the purposes of keeping sex offenders out of schools, designated child care services and youth organisations".
The register should include an updated history of the offender's offences and his or her participation in rehabilitative programmes, the report said.
iafrica.com /news/sa/983464.htm   (283 words)

  
 Offender Registration: Duty to Register Sex Offenders and Arson Offenders - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If you have been convicted of a sex offense or arson crime, you may be required to register with local law enforcement under California law.
If the offense was added to the registration law after the date of your conviction, you may not have received personal notice of your duty to register as a sex or arson offender.
To register, go to the police department in the city where you live or are located, or the local sheriff's department if you are in an unincorporated area.
ag.ca.gov /registration   (183 words)

  
 Sex-Offender Laws
The realization registration alone was not enough came after the tragic murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka by a released sex offender living on her street.
Sex offenders pose an enormous challenge for policy makers: they evoke unparalleled fear among constituents; their offenses are associated with a great risk of psychological harm; and most of their victims are children and youth.
The wide disparity among the state programs in both registration and notification procedures permits sex offenders to “forum-shop,” research which states have the least stringent laws, in order to live in communities with relative anonymity.
www.missingkids.com /missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1545   (490 words)

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