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With the high rise in the number of sex offenders who are also repeated offenders the federal government decided to impose laws requiring all convicted sexual offenders to register with the states where they live.  Although this measure is controversial, government officials are claiming that it is definitely an increasingly effective method of avoiding re-offending in a number of the most serious criminals.  Is this an invasion of privacy that the states and politicians have imposed upon someone who has served their sentence, or is this a legitimate measure of control for some of society's most dangerous offenders? 

Someday in time, it became acceptable for the government to trace former criminals; in requiring them to register as an offender, they are essentially tracking the criminal.  They are doing nothing more than monitor closely their whereabouts, actions, friends, lifestyle, etc.  How this came to be is kind of scary, while it has occurred for a criminal offense that fits the punishment, after all our kids must be protected.  It also comes with a price.  Most people see this as an intense invasion of privacy and human rights, and in Europe under the banner of the European Convention on Human Rights, such procedures would almost by no means be allowed.

Since beginning this and requiring that all sexual offenders register with their respective states, it opens the door for criminals of other crimes to be required to register.  Once that occurs, it allows the governments to begin requiring slowly that everybody be registered for one reason or another.  Is this something that the people are willing to let happen?  Should the federal government have full knowledge and control over where you go, who your friends are and where you work?  

Many feel the laws for sexual offenders aren't stiff enough; they call for stricter punishments and heavier penalties for these most despicable of criminals.  This comes from the side of people who wish to seek nothing greater than revenge.  At the same time, if someone commits a crime whom is sent for mental help, rather then jail they are not required to register.  Their offenses are recorded differently, and their punishment is far easier.


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