Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?
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Understanding Child Safety
What sort of dangers do children face today?
What is the biggest myth about child abduction?
When should parents be discussing safety issues with their children?
What might surprise parents about child abduction?
Is it alright to drop children off at the mall or the movies by themselves?
Can parents assume children are safe while using a computer in their bedroom?
Is there anything parents can do to check out the people who are supervising their child?
Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?
Is there a typical profile of an abductor or molester?
Who's more at risk: younger children or older children?
What are the most important things parents should tell a child about safety issues?
How can parents discuss child safety with their children?
How can parents contact NCMEC and what are some other resources they can use?
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Nancy McBride
National Safety Director, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
1-800-THE-LOST
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
NCMEC was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. Pursuant to its mission and its congressional mandates (see 42 U.S.C. §§ 5771 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. § 11606; 22 C.F.R. § 94.6),
The NCMEC serves as a clearinghouse of information about missing and exploited children, operates a CyberTipline that the public may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation, provides technical assistance to individuals and law-enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children, assists the U.S. Department of State in certain cases of international child abduction in accordance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, offers training programs to law-enforcement and social-service professionals, distributes photographs and descriptions of missing children worldwide, coordinates child-protection efforts with the private sector, networks with nonprofit service providers and state clearinghouses about missing-persons cases and provides information about effective state legislation to help ensure the protection of children.
Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?
Host: Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?
Nancy McBride: There is a central database and we mentioned it. It is the National Sex Offenders Public Registry, nsopr.
gov but in each State, there is also a Sex Offender Registry and if you are unsure that as a parent or guardian how to access that information, simply do a search, put your State, two initials in for example, Florida, FL and type sex offenders and that will take you to your State supported sex offender site where you can view information about registered sex offenders, you could generally found out where they live.
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Host: Is there a central database of registered sex offenders?
Nancy McBride: There is a central database and we mentioned it. It is the National Sex Offenders Public Registry, nsopr.
gov but in each State, there is also a Sex Offender Registry and if you are unsure that as a parent or guardian how to access that information, simply do a search, put your State, two initials in for example, Florida, FL and type sex offenders and that will take you to your State supported sex offender site where you can view information about registered sex offenders, you could generally found out where they live. Different States have different criteria, you may be able to find out the type of crime they have committed, what sort of supervision they are on and certainly what requirements they have to report if they change their location or if something changes in their life and this is the good opportunity for you as a parent or guardian if you know there is a registered sex offender living in your community and you think something is going on with that person that just is not right, tell the appropriate Law Enforcement Office about it, they want to know about these types of tips.
So, do not be afraid to make that call. It is very important that we keep track of the sex offenders because in this country, we know there are over 600, 000 registered sex offenders. We also know that nearly a 100,000 are missing or not where they are supposed to be, they are called non-complaint sex offenders. So, if you ever have information about an individual on the sex offender registry, please share that with the appropriate Law Enforcement Agency.
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