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DOJ Report: Sex Offender Registries Often Incomplete, Inaccurate

By Corey Rayburnyung

To be honest, I sometimes forget if I have posted certain reports I come across. So, if this has been posted before, I apologize. According to this report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice, sex offender registries have some problems. From the report:We found that the registries that make up the national sex offender registration system ? the FBI?s National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) and the state public sex offender registries accessed through OJP?s National Sex Offender Public Registry Website (NSOPR) ? are inaccurate and incomplete. As a result, neither law enforcement officials nor the public can rely on the registries for identifying registered sex offenders, particularly those who are fugitives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).