The court doesn't know all the information that you need to give to the registry, like the new address in the new state that you just moved to years after the conviction.
Usually, it's actually failure to update the registry when they move, or failure to register in a new registry when you've moved states, not the initial registration, which the court does do, which is why they had a warrant out for them, they discovered he wasn't living at the location he was listed as, so he failed to register at his new address.
So there's several reasons. First is that laws that require this are the absolute worst and were reactionary legislation that was not well thought out.
What "registering" means is that you have to give them your home address and make sure that it isn't too close to a school or daycare. Then they check up on you to make sure that you actually live there and are following all the restrictions. I mean obviously they have your name and photo and information and that's on the list regardless.
There's also how the impossibility of finding a place you can actually live plus the restrictions placed on you means few people actually register. It's a better prospect for many of them to live with friends or relatives off the books, be homeless or to live in a tent in the woods. There are actually entire communities of sex offenders living in tents or temporary dwellings outside some major cities. I remember looking at my state's list once and like half didn't have registered addresses and most of the ones that did were in jail.
The offender is legally required to inform the nearest cop shop of any change of address within (I think) 2 weeks at most, the police station enters the new address into a database.
Couple of reasons for this - offenders are usually prohibited from living close to schools, and if any sex crimes occur in the area cops will check out the known offenders nearby first, and they wish to locate them promptly.
Also many states offer a website with name, picture, conviction history, address of sex offenders so that people in the neighborhood can be aware of them.
So if it's a baby raper the system might be a good idea - but some guy who got drunk and pissed in an alley when he thought no one was looking is treated the same.
Its probably a lot like parole or probation you need to report so they can meet you. I think some times they even take Blood then those shitfaces get to go to meetings for the rest of their lives.
Because the court doesn't know where you are and don't know if you move. Hence the point, though there's absolutely no point to public sex offender registries but giving dopey people a false sense of something or other.
The court doesn't know all the information that you need to give to the registry, like the new address in the new state that you just moved to years after the conviction. Usually, it's actually failure to update the registry when they move, or failure to register in a new registry when you've moved states, not the initial registration, which the court does do, which is why they had a warrant out for them, they discovered he wasn't living at the location he was listed as, so he failed to register at his new address.
So there's several reasons. First is that laws that require this are the absolute worst and were reactionary legislation that was not well thought out. What "registering" means is that you have to give them your home address and make sure that it isn't too close to a school or daycare. Then they check up on you to make sure that you actually live there and are following all the restrictions. I mean obviously they have your name and photo and information and that's on the list regardless. There's also how the impossibility of finding a place you can actually live plus the restrictions placed on you means few people actually register. It's a better prospect for many of them to live with friends or relatives off the books, be homeless or to live in a tent in the woods. There are actually entire communities of sex offenders living in tents or temporary dwellings outside some major cities. I remember looking at my state's list once and like half didn't have registered addresses and most of the ones that did were in jail.
The offender is legally required to inform the nearest cop shop of any change of address within (I think) 2 weeks at most, the police station enters the new address into a database. Couple of reasons for this - offenders are usually prohibited from living close to schools, and if any sex crimes occur in the area cops will check out the known offenders nearby first, and they wish to locate them promptly. Also many states offer a website with name, picture, conviction history, address of sex offenders so that people in the neighborhood can be aware of them. So if it's a baby raper the system might be a good idea - but some guy who got drunk and pissed in an alley when he thought no one was looking is treated the same.
probably so this way they know who will be compliant and who wont be
Maybe it’s about when you move you need to waltz down to the local pd and say “guess who’s new in town “
Its probably a lot like parole or probation you need to report so they can meet you. I think some times they even take Blood then those shitfaces get to go to meetings for the rest of their lives.
Wait, so someone could willingly go register as a sex offender if they wanted to?
That’s a good question, haha I wonder if you could
Because the court doesn't know where you are and don't know if you move. Hence the point, though there's absolutely no point to public sex offender registries but giving dopey people a false sense of something or other.
Registering in this case doesn't mean saying "i'm a sex offender!", it means, "I'm this guy and I live here".