Would you want to know if one of these people lived on your street *content warning - SO*

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Was careful with the title so as not to cause any unwanted distress.

I watched Stacey Dooley’s documentary where she went to Florida and they literally signpost “The occupant of (address) is a convicted sex offender” at the edge of the neighbourhood. They also have an online database where you can put someone’s name in and see if they have convictions of that nature. It’ll tell you what they’ve done and when.

I know there are a few illegal websites in the UK which do the same, but nothing published by the police or government, as in the US.

Would you like to see something like this available?

Would you want to know if a convicted sex offender or paedophile lived on your street?

No I'm not really bothered by them tbh.

They have to live somewhere

No. You'd get too many heroes trying to make a name for themselves.

I would not want to know this. I think it’s very important that we don’t know this. Peoples lives would be destroyed.

The general public cannot be trusted to with information like this.

This type of post comes up on here with far too much regularity. People should not be furnished with this sort of information because quite simply, some of them cannot be trusted with it. It is highly likely that most people are already having some sort of regular contact with a sex offender - they just don’t know it.

I would want to know so I can ensure my DD & I can avoid them. I’m friends with all my neighbours & will stand chatting to them with my DD. I don’t want to talk or be friends with a SO & I don’t want my DD to engage with them either.

@StarDolphins

Chances are one of your friends has a family member who is either a convicted/undiscovered SO... I mean, how would you ever know??

it isn't safe to anyone to have this sort of information available - and the information isnt infallible either

@StarDolphins how do you know that one of your neighbours isn’t a sex offender?

Yeah. Should be on a remote desert with a free castration service

No. Last thing I want is a crowd of vigilantes in the street

@EmilyGilmoresSass

Don't think anyone has ever thought about that before..

I'd be concerned about people with duplicate names in the same area. My DH is one of 3 of his name (first and last name) in the village....similar ages too!

It's hilarious BUT if there was a database like this then how can we be sure the information is correct?

There are more valuable things one can do to protect self & loved ones than relying on this info

They have to live somewhere but I do find the rehoming of them awful

we had one who was rehomed in-between two primary schools next to a park they were literally on the same road as a Park and a primary school the other one was a few short streets away his preference was primary aged children there was another whose age group was more young teens the high school was two streets away again placed right on the school route

there are other places not so close to schools where they could place them but for some reason this is where they were put this was permanent accommodation BTW the former wife of one was in temp for months with their children and he was given a flat immediately 🙄

This. So yes I would want to know.

I agree I wouldn’t know but if given the choice, I would want to so I can avoid them. I would like to be given the choice but I know not everyone can be trusted.

I looked through a list a while ago for my local area & one of my friends brothers had gone to jail for SA. I was utterly shocked! Not that I knew him.

You can’t avoid sex offenders. It’s not possible.

You will never know who they are and 99.9% of their interactions with people will be entirely normal and even beneficial/positive.

I live on a street with over 100 houses. Let’s say an average of 3 people per house. Statistically there will be sex offenders among them, caught and uncaught, as well as future offenders.

There will be sex offenders on most streets. And in most families.

Beneficial for who?

@StarDolphins presumably those using the businesses they own or the services they offer.

Well, we stop and talk to our neighbours because it’s a positive and beneficial thing to do. We smile at people in the street. We say good morning. We share info like the weathers nice again, the local shops shutting early today. Isn’t your dog cute. All that can be done with a sex offender who then goes to work and contributes, goes to the pub with friends, goes to a barbecue with their family. They can also be doing awful things. You can’t tell by looking, that’s mostly the point.

I don’t. Which is why I would want to know. So I can avoid them & not speak to them. . Obviously my DD is never unattended, but I don’t want to be friends or chat (like I currently do) to these people.

It’s not obvious that your DD wouldn’t be unattended. I have 2 DDs. They are regularly unattended. They have to exist in the world without knowing where the bad people are. Because we all do. And your DD will have to go out into that world too.

Bizarre post.
Yes is like to know.

@StarDolphins does your DD have any sort of tablet, phone or internet access? Or, if she is too young at present, will you eventually allow her to use these items? If yes, this should be your primary concern.

I am only concerned with what is beneficial to myself, my DD & my none SO friends/neighbours.

I don’t care 1 iota about any benefit or positives for a SO.

That’s why, given the choice, I would want to know. I can then avoid them. I’m a friendly person but I sure wouldn’t know king contribute to a SO gave a positive day.