Time Served: Zoning Laws That Bar Pedophiles Raise Concerns
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A New Jersey lawsuit could curb the rapidly proliferating local ordinances that push pedophiles into rural areas.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A Long Island county is dealing with the not-in-my-backyard problem by housing sex offenders in trailers away from residential areas.
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Children at risk of sex offending need more help in a bid to reverse the rising number of sex crimes committed by youngsters, experts say.
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Details of missing high risk sex offenders could be published on the internet to alert parents.
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By TOM BREEN  To combat what it says is the growing threat of Internet sex predators, the State Police wants the Legislature to pass laws making it easier to identify and charge such criminals.
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A judge revised a restraining order against self-described pedophile Jack McClellan on Friday, ordering him to stay at least 10 yards from places where children congregate, including schools, playgrounds and child care centers.
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By DANA HEUPEL STATE CAPITOL BUREAU  In May of 2005, a Woodford County baby sitter logged onto an Internet chat room and conversed with others in the online group about having sex with children.  The Minonk woman focused a live video camera on herself and then on a 16-month-old boy.
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Under mounting public pressure, MySpace.com had little choice but to hand over to state authorities information on registered sex offenders who might cruise the Internet to lure unsuspecting youngsters.  But more remains to be done to protect the vulnerable from online predators.
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A Congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Jun. 15--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott initiated the first  large-scale blitz in the nation on sex offenders who have infiltrated the  popular social Web site, MySpace.com.
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Connecticut and at least a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat online sexual predators.
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Plans for more "chemical castrations" will be among measures to crackdown on child sex offenders.
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(InfoWorld) - Stepping up efforts to keep sex offenders off MySpace.com, the popular social networking Web site has partnered with an online identity and background verification company to build a U.S. national sex offender database and dedicate staff to checking the database against MySpace profiles. Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. will build a searchable database containing information on sex offenders in the U.S. who are registered with various federal and state law enforcement agencies. The database, which will be frequently updated, will include details such as name, age, physical appearance and distinguishing features like tattoos and scars. MySpace staff will monitor the site 24-hours-a-day for sex offenders who are on the list. They'll remove any matching profiles that they find. MySpace has been lobbying for new legislation that could help it take the program one step further. The company wants a law that requires sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses in a national sex-offender database. The law would stipulate that the use of an unregistered e-mail constitutes a parole or probation violation, forcing offenders back to jail. If such a law is passed, MySpace can more easily identify sex offenders that have profiles on its site, the company said. MySpace has been criticized for enabling profiles by registered sex offenders. Earlier this year, journalists around the country began cross referencing sex-offender databases with MySpace profiles, finding matches and publicizing their results. MySpace responded by hiring a chief security officer to oversee safety and law enforcement affairs and introduced an advertising campaign to promote online safety. MySpace still faces some thorny issues. For example, most sex offenders aren't legally forbidden from creating a MySpace page so it's unclear if MySpace will receive some backlash for removing profiles.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Some gay activists want to track down those who engage in risky behavior and try to stop them before they can infect others.
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Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and crisp, clear vistas, is starting to worry it has made itself too attractive in one respect: Convicted sex offenders from out of state are moving in, apparently because the laws are less restrictive.
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HOW to deal with paedophiles is one of the most difficult issues confronting any society.   The protection of children must be one of the priorities of any government.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The message was clear: No child molesters allowed.  The 2005 rape and murder of a 9-year-old Central Florida girl at the hands of a convicted sex offender shocked the nation.