St. Charles County authorities conduct Halloween sex offender sweep
Of the more than 300 registered sex offenders in St. Charles County, 70 broke a year-old state law aimed at barring “Halloween-related contact” with children on Halloween night.
Sheriff’s Lt. Craig McGuire said authorities from the sheriff’s department, St. Charles city, St. Peters, O’Fallon, Wentzville police and the Highway Patrol visited homes of sex offenders throughout the county Saturday night to ensure they were following the law that took effect last year.
The law requires sex offenders to stay inside their homes from 5 to 10:30 p.m. on Halloween, turn out the lights and post warning signs saying they are not distributing candy.
McGuire said police found violations ranging from offenders keeping their lights on and not posting signs to some who were not home at the time and others wearing costumes and greeting children at their front doors.
Those cases will be turned over to the prosecuting attorney’s office. Violators face misdemeanor charges.
The roundup was organized by a sex offender tracking “task force” of city, county and state investigators. McGuire would not provide information about how the task force is funded or how much the sweep cost taxpayers.
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Study shows that children are not in extra danger while trick-or-treating
Here is the important question, Will the states and government stop wasting taxpayer money on laws and programs targeting tracking and ostracising anyone who wears the brand, SEX OFFENDER?
By Benjamin Radford
SUMMARY:
A new study shows that the public has little to fear from sex offenders on Halloween. The research, published in the September issue of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, examined 67,307 non-family sex offenses reported to law enforcement in 30 states over nine years.
The researchers wanted to determine whether or not children are in fact at any greater risk for sexual assault around Halloween. The answer was a conclusive no:
“There does not appear to be a need for alarm concerning sexual abuse on these particular days,” the researchers state. “Halloween appears to be just another autumn day where rates of sex crimes against children are concerned.”
Not only is the hype and fear unwarranted, but the study also suggests extra taxpayer dollars spent monitoring sex offenders on Halloween are wasted. All the mandatory counseling sessions, increased police presence, and so on had no effect at all on the incidence of sexual abuse on Halloween. Full Report http://www.cfcamerica.org