Family Watchdog/Registered Sex Offenders
This week someone emailed me information on a site which lists sexual offenders by zip code.
I entered my zip code in St. Peters, MO and discovered there are 188 offenders living within 5 miles of me.
As I continue to research abuse, I continue to be horrified. The address for the site is:
http://www.familywatchdog.us
Their information is obtained from court records and is continually updated. When you enter your zip code a map pops up. It is color coded by: offenses against children, rape, sexual battery, and other offenses.
It even lets you know if this is a home or work address. The majority of the 188 offenders living in my area were offenses against children. When you click on a specific address, the name of the offender is shown, along with their criminal history and picture if available.
The site has lots of information. You can sign up to be notified when a sexual predator moves to your area.
Also alarming were the statistics on this site. 1 out of 5 girls and 1 out of 6 boys will be molested before they reach age 18. 90% of the time the assault will be by someone they knew.
The average predator assaults 117 times before getting caught. Why is that????
I am finding that sometimes the numbers vary slightly depending upon the source. Even taking into consideration a margin of error, the above numbers are too high. Though this may not be a popular topic, I feel stronger than ever about the need to speak out and create more awareness about abuse. My first book is not even published yet but I have the idea for my second one. Please pray with me that God will open the doors.
Aristotle believed that logic explained how things in the world related to one another. He used logic to figure out good and evil. He believed that ethics was mostly a matter of good training, that people usually know the proper way to behave, and they just have to be morally strong enough to do the right thing. He said that being a good person amounted to having the inclination to do what was right, and he felt this inclination could be bred into us.
Perhaps it is too late to reach adult offenders. Maybe we need to put more emphasis on our children.
Not just teaching them to say no to strangers and what sex is but what to do if they are abused.
If the average predator assaults 117 times before getting caught, their victims are not talking.
Somehow we need to teach children that abuse is not acceptable. We need to find a different way to deal with those who are abused so they do not grow up to become abusers. This is what is happening now.
I entered my zip code in St. Peters, MO and discovered there are 188 offenders living within 5 miles of me.
As I continue to research abuse, I continue to be horrified. The address for the site is:
http://www.familywatchdog.us
Their information is obtained from court records and is continually updated. When you enter your zip code a map pops up. It is color coded by: offenses against children, rape, sexual battery, and other offenses.
It even lets you know if this is a home or work address. The majority of the 188 offenders living in my area were offenses against children. When you click on a specific address, the name of the offender is shown, along with their criminal history and picture if available.
The site has lots of information. You can sign up to be notified when a sexual predator moves to your area.
Also alarming were the statistics on this site. 1 out of 5 girls and 1 out of 6 boys will be molested before they reach age 18. 90% of the time the assault will be by someone they knew.
The average predator assaults 117 times before getting caught. Why is that????
I am finding that sometimes the numbers vary slightly depending upon the source. Even taking into consideration a margin of error, the above numbers are too high. Though this may not be a popular topic, I feel stronger than ever about the need to speak out and create more awareness about abuse. My first book is not even published yet but I have the idea for my second one. Please pray with me that God will open the doors.
Aristotle believed that logic explained how things in the world related to one another. He used logic to figure out good and evil. He believed that ethics was mostly a matter of good training, that people usually know the proper way to behave, and they just have to be morally strong enough to do the right thing. He said that being a good person amounted to having the inclination to do what was right, and he felt this inclination could be bred into us.
Perhaps it is too late to reach adult offenders. Maybe we need to put more emphasis on our children.
Not just teaching them to say no to strangers and what sex is but what to do if they are abused.
If the average predator assaults 117 times before getting caught, their victims are not talking.
Somehow we need to teach children that abuse is not acceptable. We need to find a different way to deal with those who are abused so they do not grow up to become abusers. This is what is happening now.
