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OK - Sex offenders leave city for country

View the article here You should also read this article from eAdvocate, it shows that when you create so called "safe zones," you also create "danger zones!" 02/22/2009 By CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff Writer State restrictions on where they can live leaves them with fewer choices. Others just don't register. Some registered sex offenders who once lived in Tulsa are moving to neighboring rural counties while others appear to be moving underground, a Tulsa World analysis of Department of Corrections data indicates. Since 2005, just before the state imposed tough residency restrictions, the number of registered sex offenders in Tulsa has decreased from a high of nearly 600 to about 350. - Pushing offenders out into the country, further a way from therapy, jobs, family, etc, only increases the stress level in their lives, and also increases the likelihood they will reoffend...continue to full post

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