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The sex offender registry—and your province

Each province and territory is struggling to maintain Canada’s dysfunctional sex offender registry

by Michael Friscolanti on Monday, January 14, 2008 9:00am - 0 Comments

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Registered sex offenders: 89
Non-compliant offenders: 6 (7%)

Tracking compliance in such a remote area is not an easy task. As Cpl. Laurie Smith wrote in her latest update to headquarters: “It is sometimes difficult to do compliance checks in the settlements of the NWT when they are not policed on a regular basis, or the offender lives on the land.” Currently, police are looking for one missing sex offender wanted for non-compliance; three others are under investigation, and charges are pending. Not surprisingly, the Correctional Service of Canada is also hesitant to share information. “The members I have dealt with are really good but sometimes the sharing of information is seen as one-way,” Smith wrote.

NUNAVUT
Registered sex offenders: 221
Non-compliant offenders: 4 (2%)

Nunavut does not conduct regular compliance checks. In fact, officers there prefer to issue reminder notices to overdue offenders rather than charge them with non-compliance. Form 52s are also a problem. Prosecutors either forget to ask for them, or ask for them in cases when a repeat offender is already ordered to comply. “As Nunavut is a limited duration post for most RCMP members and other government officials, we have a high turnover in DOJ [Department of Justice] and RCMP personnel,” reads the latest update, written in November 2007. “This fact, compiled with an extensive case load that our DOJ is facing, leads to missed orders and 2nd orders being issued

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  • Concerned Citizen

    On our street and beside our house lives a self-proclaimed pedophile rapist. He served all of seven years for the brutal rape and torture of a mentally handicapped 14 year old girl outside of a bar close to this city. I was shocked to hear it from his mouth and how proud he was of his actions thus the realization of his constant supervision when around children. Wow, we really need to step up the registry books people and not allow sex offenders to become a shadow in the dark. People have the right to know who and what are in the neighbourhood – especially one like ours which is musically filled with the innocence of children.

    • Cannedam

      "People have the right to know who and what are in the neighbourhood" … how would that make your life any different? The sex offenders every parent, every woman, needs to worry about are the ones not on some list. Very very few sex offenders are required to give door-to-door notification. And if they've proven themselves to be an extreme danger to children, the courts will prohibit them from living near schools or being alone with children. But that's only for the ones who have been caught and put on an offender's list. The ones not on the list are the ones to worry about. The American system gives citizens a false sense of security and also tarnishes the lives of many young men who at 18 had a sexual relationship with their 15 year old girlfriends. Making the lists public would never do any good.

  • kelson

    What an obviously bullsh*t comment

  • http://CanadiansForAJustSociety.webs.com Steven Yoon

    Did you know that treatment for former offenders has proven effective and that most sex offenders never commit
    another crime? Did you know that the sex offender registries have been proven to be ineffective? Did you also know
    that making it more difficult for former offender to reintegrate into society increases recidivism?

    Would you like more *FACTS* that would actually help keep society safe? If so, look at this website:
    CanadiansForAJustSociety [dot] webs [dot] com

  • Jack

    You are both obviously pedophiles. OBVIOUSLY!

    • Troy

      Yes i agree that anyone who would right something like that are obviously pedophiles,and there right to breath should be stripped from them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • BSB

    Is there an "unnoficial list" of offenders ?

    I would like t know my area is clean or at least as clean as it can be.

  • Martin

    I know a born pedophile his name is Johnny tselios and he's from Bedford,Quebec,Canada. Goes to school at Massey Vanier High School in Cowansville. He stands outside of the school waiting for kids. He is a 20 year old male,Mentally intellectual Retarded. He wrote on Facebook that he is the biggest Rapist in the eastern townships

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