Lenny and I (well Lenny really) are the Neighborhood Watch captains for our neighborhood. It is something that we like to do and it gives us an opportunity to speak with and get to know many more neighbors. Last week, the kids and I passed out the monthly newsletter for our city to our neighbors. We leave our phone number on there so that people can call us if necessary.
Last night a neighbor that we had never met called to introduce himself. In the conversation, he shared with Lenny a website similar to the Megans Law site that lists and tracks predators in a given area. I checked it out this morning and found it to be very insightful and most alarming. You see, even in our neighborhood, there are people listed. Scary, frightening, but empowering to know their names, faces and addresses.
Thought you might like to check them out too.
familywatchdog.us This site enables you to sign up for weekly notifications and also tells which people may have moved in the past 7 days.
Here are a couple of stats they provide.....
The sad facts about sex offenses and those that perpetrate them.
Impact on Society
1 of 5 girls will be sexually molested before her 18th birthday.
1 of 6 boys will be sexually molested before his 18th birthday.
1 of 5 children has been propositioned for sex over the Internet.
2 of 3 sexual abuses are perpetrated against teenagers or younger children.
90% of sexual assaults are committed against someone the perpetrator knows.
The median age for male molestation victims under 18 is 9.8 years old.
The median age for female molestation victims under 18 is 9.6 years old.
There are new 400,000 victims of sexual assault every year.
There are over 550,000 registered sex offenders in the US.
There are over 100,000 sex offenders that fail to register in the US.
76% of serial rapists claim they were molested as children.
Over 40% of male juvenile delinquents were molested as children
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