[News] Serious Question

[Publius Ovidius]

Under the child sex offender disclosure scheme a parent, carer or guardian can ask the police if an individual in contact with their child is on the register. Also it would be disclosed to an employer if the role someone applied for was subject to DBS checks.

I tend to agree with [MENTION=7631]wellquickwoody[/MENTION] on this, he's done his time, he needs to live somewhere, he's more than likely on the register which means police are going to be aware of his whereabouts etc and the local community might know enough about him that they can be careful around him too. Better than him living somewhere he is likely to be anonymous.

….and risk his victims ( and that is what the children were) seeing him in the street, or at football or in the supermarket?

Tricky one

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

….and risk his victims ( and that is what the children were) seeing him in the street, or at football or in the supermarket?

Tricky one

There certainly is no easy solution and no matter what restrictions are put in place there would be risks. It’s how those risks are managed.

In the case mentioned in this thread it strikes me as highly likely this was a non contact offence, in other words the offences were related to online access and downloading of images etc. Now that doesn’t make it any less serious but it changes the risk as the victims wouldn’t be known to the offender. Different restrictions are can be put in place when it comes to offences involving contact and what risks the offender may pose to a victim on release. These can include restrictions on where the person lives and coming into contact with any victim or their families can result in instant recall to prison etc.