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| Online sex offender info rapidly expands |
| By Stateline.org |
| Published: 01/13/2009 |
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UNITED STATES - Arizona parents who want to find out whether a suspicious e-mail has been sent by a registered sex offender now can check the sender’s e-mail address against the state’s database of convicted molesters. Utah residents can sign up for e-mail alerts to notify them when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood. Wisconsin’s online registry provides maps to let users know exactly where the closest sex offender lives. And in Texas, the state’s sex offender registry — which includes more than 54,000 people — now features information ranging from offenders’ work addresses to their nicknames and even shoe sizes. The four states are among more than two dozen that quietly have added a wide range of new services — and new categories of information — to their online registries of convicted molesters. All 50 states have publicly searchable sex offender registries, which are accessible through a national database kept by the U.S. Justice Department, a Web site that averages 2.3 million page views a day. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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