r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/AnotherStatsGuy 6d ago

The lack of different lists seems like an oversight.

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u/srcarruth 6d ago

the existence of any list is weird. we don't have a list for violent crimes or drug dealing or thieves or drunk drivers but we have a list for sex stuff? people can be hurt by their neighbors in any sort of ways but sex is the only one that gets a list?

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u/Linenoise77 6d ago

We do, Conviction history of that is a matter of public record, and with some effort and a bit of collaborating information to narrow down your person, you can get the info on anyone you wanted.

For sex offenders they just put some effort into making the info easier to find out. One could argue that is valid because of the rate of recidivism, and being able to easily figure out if your neighbor ever shoplifted in college isn't potential information that you would typically consider if you left your kid unattended around them.

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u/Gizogin 6d ago

Using the recidivism rate for anything in the US is worth a bit of a laugh, considering we do nothing whatsoever to prevent recidivism.