Without getting into personal views about the guys (and gals) I deal with on a daily basis, I just want to throw out a caveat to chew on: In the majority of cases, while you are doing everything that you can to monitor the KNOWN, REGISTERED sex offender(s) in your neighborhood (even the guys that you can't find shi$ on, but they still look creepy), a guy or gal who has yet to be caught or become known (or the guy or gal who ACTUALLY sexually assaulted a child but plead to Disorderly Conduct or Child Abuse, thus is not registered) will be grooming your child with candy, movies, baseball tickets, et cetera.
For example, while you're egging John B. Child Predator's house (because you found out from the Sex Offender website that he lives there and what he was charged with) and painting "get the fug out of our neighborhood" on his car, some guy down the street that you don't even know exists will be diddling your little boy or girl.
My point is, keep your eyes on everyone, which most of you probably already do. And I'm not saying "don't be wary of sex offenders." Be very wary of them; relapse is just an opportunity away for many of the offenders. However, in most cases sex offenders who have been charged, convicted, and SUCCESSFULLY completed a State approved Sex Offender Treatment program, do not relapse. Those guys don't get press, but the ones that re-offend do, and when that happens we see in our mind's eye a number of recidivism that is much higher than what it really, or rather, statistically is.
Thrasher was on queue in saying that he scrutinizes everyone. Sex offenders that we do not know about permeate schools, daycares, youth centers, church functions...anywhere that children are, because that gives them the opportunity. They "love children," and "love to be around" them. NO, that is their opportunity to choose the ones they want and in the case of most of the sex offenders that first come to mind for most of you guys here, the "predators" or "serial" offenders, that is where they will be. And guess what they look for...the child that they know has parents who absolutely, positively HATE gays, for example. And he will tell the child after the offense(s), "guess what'll happen if your dad (or mom, or parents) find out about what YOU did? They'll disown you. They'll hate you. Because you know what they think about gays. And you know you liked it. Just a little bit at least. Do what you want. Let your mom and dad find out. See what happens." And so on and so forth. There are so many good, well meaning parents out there. But it only takes one tiny thing...like that which I just described, for a serial offender to use, which is ONE M.O. used by a serial that I investigated. He had hundreds and hundreds of victims, probably thousands, and he knew just which ones to pick. Old boy admitted to soooo many victims. But, being crafty (sleazy, but smart and effective) and working in environments where children were present (yep, Boy Scouts of America, the church, he was a school teacher as well)...that's how he was able to offend from his adolescene through his elder years. Yeah. That guy was in his sixties when he finally was "found out."
Anyway, I'm signing off. I could write on this topic for ever. I just wanted to give you something to think about.
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