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Questions asked reflected concerns and issues faced by current and former registered offenders as well as thoughts on what can be done to solve the Sex Offender issue and who is responsible for the current panic.

Out of 435 potential respondents, 140 people took the survey. Here are the results of the online survey. (The Control Group responses) will be posted online only.

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Q1. How afraid are you for yourself or your family's safety? (Check Only One)

28% - Scared witless
55% - Somewhat scared
12% - Not too worried
  3% - Not worried at all
 

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Q2. What is the biggest daily issue you or your family face? (Check All that Apply)

13% - Finding a place to live
20% - Finding a job that pays based on my skills
10% - Vigilantes – Harassment
11% - Law Enforcement – Harassment
28% - Changing laws – making it harder to live
16% - All of the above
  0% - None of the above
 

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Q3. Aside from the already mentioned daily issues, how has the SOR (sex offender registry) impacted you or your family; if you are not currently registered but were at one time, how did it effect you or your family? (Check all that apply)

18% - Harassment by neighbors
  8% - Neighborhood kids won’t associate with my child
  2% - Harassment by other kids as school
  0% - Harassment by school officials or teachers
10% - Cannot participate in my child’s school activities
13% - Being forced to move one or more times in a 12-month period
21% - Loss of employment
  9% - Harassment at work or place of employment
  5% - Harassment at church or place of worship
  5% - Home or car has been vandalized
  2% - Received death threats
  0% - Never Required to Register
 

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Q4. How willing would you be to live in an SO only community? (Check only one)

34% -  Don’t even mention it to me
38% - Only if I have to
21% - Depends on what the community amenities are like
  5% - My bags are packed, when do we go.
 

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Q5.  What needs to be done to better articulate proximity (banishment) and notification (registry) issues to the public in a fair and accurate manner? (Check the answer that best describe your highest level of participation or willingness to participate.)

 1% - Mass rallies
 9% - Letter campaigns
 0% - Speaking at town hall meetings and judiciary committee hearings
 3% - Speaking to the local or national media
56% - All of the above
21% - I would do something if someone showed me how
  7% - None, I don’t want people to know
 

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Q6.  How active are you in your community with SO issues? (Check only one)

14% - Activist 24x7 – and I vote
  3% - Activist 24x7 – but I can’t vote
25% - If I can find time – and I vote
14% - If I can find time – but I can’t vote
16% - Not active – but I vote
25% - Not active – and I can’t vote
 

 

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Q7. In your opinion, what is the BIGGEST obstacle to more sensible SO laws? (Check only one)

  9% - Politicians
  5% -  Media
  5% - Citizen ignorance and apathy
  0% - Organizations like John Walsh’s NCMEC
79% - They are all equal

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Q8. What is the one SO issue you think would have the best chance of being implemented in 2007? (Check only one)

33% - Removal of Low-Risk offenders and former offenders from the SOR (Sex Offender Registries)
  1% - Provide education and skills training to increase employability
18% - Education programs for parents to help make children safer
31% - Implement a standardized 5-tier risk level system nationwide
14% - Move from a retributive to a restorative justice system
 

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Q9.  Are you in favor of registries for other crimes? (Choose only one)

 

 

 

 

10% - Yes, register all criminals
23% - Yes, register only multiple conviction offenders, regardless of crime
65% - No, registries don’t work and are dangerous for a free society
 

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Q10. If you could have input on a book about the SO issue what topic, would you like to see highlighted? (Choose only one that best describes your feelings)

16% - How helpless I feel at times because of the laws
11% - Lack of societal support and understanding for restorative justice
57% - Myths, lies, and misconceptions by the media and politicians
14% - Denial of Due Process by SO laws for my family members
 

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Q11. When thinking of recidivism, what do you feel is the best method for SO’s or former SO’s to keep from re-offending? (There may be many for you, however choose the ONE method that you feel is the most effective.)

11% - Empathy for victims
22% - Therapy and continued support groups
22% - Support from family and friends
  7% - A good job and professional goals
11% - A strong faith in a higher power
18% - Belief in oneself and the ability to change
  7% - Change of lifestyle (i.e. abstinence from alcohol, drugs, and porn)
 

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Q12. In thinking about the (online) message boards, what do you like most? (Check One Only)

48% - News and information
25% - Support and encouragement
  3% - Topics that get off the subject, likes jokes, etc.
20% - Everything, can't wait to log on
  0% - Nothing, it is a waste of time
  5% - Don't really spend that much time there to form an opinion
 

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Demographics:  Three questions, Marital Status, Area of Residence, News Source.

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We want to thank all who took the survey.

Control Group Results:

Coming Soon!

About the Survey:  This survey invitation was sent to 435 Registered Sex Offenders, including those on probation, parole and sentence served.  The survey  ran from October 11 to 24, 2006. Respondents were invited to participate from the S.O.S.E.N. and Registered Former Sex Offenders of Georgia and SOS-Net Yahoo Groups. The Groups were sent three invitations to participate and asked not to invite members from other Groups, or anyone outside the Groups; 140 chose to participate. A control group was set up in Atlanta, GA with 100% participation.   Every effort was made to insure the scientific integrity of the survey.

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