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THERE ARE CURRENTLY 94 sex offenders across the country who are being monitored under the conditions of a supervision order after being released from prison.
Judges in Ireland have the power to sentence sex offenders to a period of supervision following their release if they believe the person could pose a continuing threat to the community. It is usually in excess of a year.
Around 1,000 sex offenders are obliged to notify local gardaí of their address when they move into the area and to tell them at any stage if they are leaving. However post supervision orders go a step further.
Terms of post-release supervision may include that an offender attend specified psychological counselling or other treatment. Gardaí can also apply to a judge to stop an offender from attending certain places such as schools, play-grounds or even nightclubs.
Numbers in your region
In response to a recent parliamentary question from TD Denis Naughten, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald revealed the numbers of sex offenders currently being monitored across the country.
Unlike in some other countries, members of the public in Ireland are not entitled under the law to view the sex offenders register or to find out where in their area offenders are living,
No repeat offending
These offenders are monitored by the probation service which says the work of the probation officer “focuses on the offence committed and its implications for public safety, helping the offender to see the past offending behaviour as a problem, and developing strategies and supports to ensure there is no repeat offending”.
If a sex offender fails or refuses to comply they are liable to a class fine or to imprisonment for a maximum of 12 months, or both. Though Naughten also requested figures for non compliance with these supervision orders, the minister said these were not “readily available.
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Spike Island for the lot of them, make them live off the land or die, no help warranted or deserved for anyone of this ilk.
Seems an awfully low number, less than 100. There has rarely been a week in then last 10years to go by that there is a case reported whereby you’d assume the convicted person would be on such a list.
That’s what i was thinking, but maybe there are a lot more on the list that just aren’t under special supervision? If so, I’d like to see how many registered address offenders are in each region!
Before offenders are released there is a threat assessment done to see what danger if any they pose in terms of re-offending. Depending on the result the various services will put in place a plan to deal with the offender once they are released. Some offenders may be considered a very low threat and so would have a minimum level of supervision which would consist of notifying a change of address. Others could be considered high risk and so there would be a specific plan put in place to watch them, make them comply with the terms of their release and if they don’t they can be rearrested.
would be very interesting to see how many go on to reoffend and what the actual outcome of this is… surely a fine isn’t enough it should be immediate return to prison/mental institutions with life sentence. it’s all well and good to say rehabilitation is the way to go but if people go on to commit further crimes it clearly hasn’t worked and the person needs to be removed from our society to protect those of us that obey the law and more importantly our children
All of them men I guarantee, I would keep them locked up for life.
While most child abusers are men there are plenty of women who facilitate them. Mid lock up both for life.
Yeah. Men who abuse are paedophiles, women who abuse are temporarily mentally ill
And all of the should be named
John they can’t be named unless the victim chooses to name them and in the case of child abusers the victim is obviously under 18 so I think that there would be a legal difficulty there, unless of course the child was over 18 at the time of conviction.
Gardai aren’t afraid to name and shame thieves and drug dealers, but yet it seems they go out of their way to protect these vile vermin..
Yes, all because they have rights.
Paedophilia is natural and normal for males’
How some university academics make the case for paedophiles at summer conferences
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/10948796/Paedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html
Was it just a coincidence that yesterday was #SEXWEEK and today you discuss the sex offenders register? D’oh!
Ah now, it’s just their sexual orientation, can we not fly a pretty flag and vote for their acceptance.
Yes it is being tried to legalise child rape.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/10948796/Paedophilia-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html
“Paedophilia is natural and normal for males’
How some university academics make the case for paedophiles at summer conferences
I wonder how many are priests
….I wonder how many are parents.
Makes you wonder how safe are your relatives and how many are pedos?
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