"Q&A: the sex offenders register"
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1689261,00.html
"Failure to register is an offence which can carry a term of imprisonment.
Registrants must inform the police within three days if they change their
name or address, and disclose if they are spending seven days or more away
from their home. Convicted sex offenders have to register with their local
police every year.
What else does a registered offender have to do?
Those on the register are required to notify the police if they change their
name or address, and are also required to reveal any plans to travel outside
the UK. Again, failure to comply is an offence."
"How long do offenders remain on the register?
It depends on the offence. Those given a jail sentence of more than 30
months for sexual offending are placed on the register indefinitely.
Those imprisoned for between six and 30 months remain on the register for 10
years, or five years if they are under 18. Those sentenced for six months or
less are placed on the register for seven years, or three and a half years
if under 18. Those cautioned for a sexual offence are put on the register
for two years, or one year if under 18."
"Who gets told about the movements of sex offenders?
Head teachers, doctors, youth leaders, sports club managers and others,
including landlords, are notified of the existence of a local sex offender
on a confidential basis, but a system of general disclosure is unlikely to
happen in Britain."
This is currently a confidential register limited to circulation of
information to those above and therefore it is unclear under the present
system how it can be described as prurience.
Any enquiry about a criminal record eg a CRB check also presumably covers
people who have served their sentence - although, of course, serious
offenders such as murderers might be on licence etc and therefore will never
in that sense have completed their sentence.
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Trent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Sex Offenders
> Of course, anyone finding this objectionable gets told "you must have
> something to hide" in today's paranoid society. But am I unique in
> believing that, once a sentence has been served, that ought to be the end
> of
> it?
>
> I acknowledge that the Sex Offenders Register is part of the sentence.
>
> The very idea of making a list of sex offenders public without making a
> list
> of violent criminals public, or embezzlers, or fraudsters etc seems to me
> to
> be unwarranted discrimination.
>
> Make no mistake, all crime, especially that against a person, and
> especially
> one where there is a disproportionate power balance (adult against child,
> powerful woman against small, slight man, blackmail etc), all crime is
> horrible. By why should we have this very strange and prurient interest
> in
> sex nowadays?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Hasan
> Sent: 18 November 2006 10:32
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Sex Offenders
>
> There was also a story in yesterday's news about proposals to give single
> parents access to the Sex Offenders Register.
>
> I can't find the link but I am sure colleagues will help.
>
> Ibrahim Hasan
>
> Solicitor and Trainer
> www.informationlaw.org.uk
>
>
> Tel : 07808 079264
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Hasan
> Sent: 18 November 2006 10:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [data-protection] Sex Offenders
>
> Some of the UK's most wanted child sex offenders have been identified
> online.
> It is believed to be the first time that details of convicted paedophiles
> have been published nationwide by Britain's law enforcement agencies.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6156712.stm
>
> Is this the first step towards a Sarah's/Megan's Law in the UK?
>
>
> Ibrahim Hasan
>
> Solicitor and Trainer
> www.informationlaw.org.uk
>
>
> Tel : 07808 079264
>
>
>
>
>
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