Stranger Danger

There has been a lot of talk about the danger of sex-offenders living in our neighborhoods. A lot of mis-information from so-called experts about sex-offender being sick and not being able to control themselves. A lot of stranger danger stories on the Tele, and a lot of money spent on stranger danger programs and notification expense. The truth of the matter is this: 97% of all children under the age of 14 are sexually assaulted by someone they know and trust. Such as parents, relatives in or out of the home, siblings, coaches, clergy, and teachers. In the last ten years only sixteen children in the United States have been abducted and assaulted by total strangers. In 1006 311,000 children under the age of 18 were reported missing, only six were kidnapped by strangers and five were returned alive.
In 1996 the state of Arizona began committing sex-offenders released from prison to the state hospital for civil commitment to determined if they could control their action s to this date only a hand-full are still being held, as the courts have determined that the other 4,000 men and women could control their actions. The state of California was going to follow Arizona's lead, but after a study by the legislature in 1998 found that only 3.2% of the 100,000 released sex offenders had been returned to prison, ad only 5% of those on a new sex charge, they abandoned the idea as not being cost effective.
In 1998 The Arizona state prison director found that out of some 20,000 sex offenders released in the state only 2.8% had been returned to prison and 78% of those were not returned for a new sex crime. The B of P's reported in 2002 that only 3.6% of inmates serving at least five years, had been returned to the federal government prisons or a state prison for committing a new sexually related crime.
The Association of Psychology put out a statement in 2002 that earlier studies, that almost all professionals in the field of sexual behavior were using outdated data, and that the rate of re-offence was more like 20% until caught, then about 5% once released from prison.
In 2006 there were over 7,000 children (under 14) killed in the U.S. by drunk drivers over half were killed going to or from school or a sporting event. There were no documented deaths of children killed by a registered sex offender. It make more since to register DUI offenders and notify the neighbors of his or hers address so our kids can avoid contact with them.
We need to spend our limited tax dollars on keeping our children safe, by ridding the streets of drunks and worry less about registered sex offenders, who most likely molested a family member and will not harm a stranger.