Sex Offenders Public Record- Is it Ethical
September 21st, 2009 by Andreas from Xavier MediaThe subject on whether sex offenders’ public records is ethical is open for debate. Some people protested because it seems like a euphemism for eternal humiliation and is morally unacceptable. Violation of privacy of identity by putting the name and the case of the offender into data record is also widely argued. Many people believed that sex offenders deserved it since sex crime is not a laughing matter as it leaves incurable scar to the victims.
It is true that people make mistakes in their lives. But we should also give chance to the former criminals to change for betterment. However, when the mistake ruined one’s life and could be avoided if the person had better control of him or herself, it is best to let the public know the harmful things that the person could do if someone’s child is left alone with the former sex offender. The sympathy should be with the victim, and not the sex offender.
Committing sex offence cannot be tolerated in any circumstances even when the offender was still at a tender age. The effects of the sexual crimes are irreversible and the sex offender should understand that he or she will always face prejudice in the future even if there are no public record of his or her crimes. Habitual sex offenders do not deserve the confidentiality of their despicable act. Therefore, public have the right to be alerted of potential sexual threat posed by the criminals in public record.
Liberal countries like the U.S. has set up a government body called National Sex Offender Public Registry as a measure to let public know about the background of the people around them. Sex offender public record is also preferred by employers to screen the background of their employees. It is also a step to help to reform a sex criminal into a better person in the future.
Hence, exposing sex offender in public record is rather a safety precaution. People must remember that there is always the possibility for the re-offending of the crime.
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September 28th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Wow, cool site. Thanks for posting. Really like reading sites like this.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:04 am
No kidding! You said it sister!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:59 am
I had no idea this was going on. Thanks for letting us know.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
This article is all opinion and no meat. It is also fraught with assumptions. Together they render this restatement of the emotional impotent, if not boring.
Either people have equal rights or they do not. You cannot have it both ways. The author proposes some people’s rights based on their situation are superior to another’s rights (versus equal rights for all). Is this fair (ethical?)? Equal means any right one assigns to the author also applies to all the actors in any criminal scenario.
It is curious that since mental hospitals (e.g., sanitariums) have been closed and sex education in schools has become the norm, the number sex crimes has dramatically increased in the US population (but not reported in other populations). These changes appear to be the result social science and its inculcation into the US social fabric. This suggests fundamental problems with organization of US society (brought forth by social scientists), not by the work sex fiends. You can isolate whoever you convict, but the way things are being run more behavioral deviants (not just sexual) than can be kept track of are being created every day. Even priests have gotten into the act…
The fix is not public outings, endless incarceration, more convictions, stiffer penalties; true criminals do not make the calculated decision that if I do X today, it will get me 10 to 12 years in jail and a lifetime humiliation. If they can’t do math, no one is helped by overkill laws. A person prone sexual violence is simply not deterred by knee-jerk laws. Nor by monitoring.
It appears that all of post incident attention given to victims, especially younger ones, is more damaging than the offending act itself. Again, social scientists are messing up the normal sequence of responses to experience. The mess at hand lies squarely in their arena.
The foundation of the laws that formed this country evolved over centuries, sometimes by trial and error. Today over zealous busy bodies shout loud enough and poorly thought out law are passed in a few days. The results are often not foreseen or even considered. Bad laws proliferate the statute books.
Every victim of every crime thinks his/her experience was the worst ever; fact is it probably was not much different than the next one. Doesn’t make it right to be victimized but the essential law that came from England, France and some other ancient societies was substantial enough to endure the test of time. The flotsam passed for law these past few decades in the US will not endure that test and will be part of the country’s undoing. The crumbling has already started in the court system (look at the caliber judges today versus 50 years ago). Would you want an incompetent like Ito hearing your case?
Wrongful conviction is relatively common in the US. Better hope that if it is a sex accusation wrongly conceived, it doesn’t come knocking at your door. Innocence? Forget about justice under law; it is an illusion that does not exist in the US injustice system.