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Sex Offenders Locked Up For Halloween

By: Brittany Escobar
Updated: October 30, 2012
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We spoke to a Lubbock mom who said she's frightened by the though of her girls walking by the house of a registered sex offender.

"I think its a great idea it make me feel a whole lot safer."

            Now she has less reason to worry, thanks to a program from the county's supervision and correction's department that gathers up registered sex offenders on Halloween night and keeps them locked in one place.

"The last we had checked there are around 500 registered sex offenders in Lubbock," said assistant director, Farrell Martin.

            He said Halloween night about 70 sex offenders on probation will be taken to a secret location.

            Those offenders at home who are on parole will be monitored by officers making sure they do not have a light on and do not answer the door to trick-or-treaters.

"It does give you a little peace of mind that the ones we're aware of we have control over we bring them in and they are being supervised," said Martin.

            But he does warn parents there will be offenders at home on Halloween night.

"I'd urge the parents to just be cautious going out and have fun trick-or-treating, but just be aware that just because we are having this program doesn't mean we have all of them," said Martin," we don't we have the ones that that we have control over."

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Mom should not feel a "whole lot safer" because she really doesn%u2019t have %u201Cless reason to worry%u201D! Statistics from separate studies in New York and California show that more than 90% of those arrested for [censored] crimes have no prior convictions for [censored] crimes. If they haven%u2019t been convicted, they won%u2019t be on any registry and the police can%u2019t lock them up for Halloween. Records indicate that 93% of child [censored] abuse victims are abused by family members (34%) or acquaintances (59% - teachers, coaches, pastors, family friends). The remaining 7% are stranger assaults and of those, the study so often quoted numbering 800,000 missing children each year states in the break-down of that number that the average number of %u201Carchtypical%u201D stranger abductions resulting in the death of the child is 40. Those abductions typically have two factors in common. One - The perpetrator, in spite of sensationalized press coverage, is seldom a convicted [censored] offender. Two %u2013 The child is not under direct supervision of an adult and may even be in the company of a few peers. Lastly, a study of nonfamilial [censored] crimes victimizing children from 1997 through 2005 did not show an increase around or during Halloween. The parents and children of this community would have been far better served by a warning not to let their children trick-or-treat without adult supervision.

Paul P. October 31, 2012 at 4:58 pm


Another problem we don't have is the REGISTERED former [censored] offender on Halloween. The media and politicians will be all over this because it is biased and promotional...a nasty little trend in unprofessional journalism and politics these days. The registry is based on the stubborn myth of high [censored] offender recidivism %u2013 refusing to acknowledge that most former [censored] offenders pose little risk of re-offending. Second, monitoring [censored] offenders is big business and the taxpayer is getting hosed for it. Lawmakers have the opportunity to enact smart laws that will genuinely keep children safe, as there are occurrences that are far more likely to befall children such as drunk drivers which kill thousands of children per year. The overwhelming majority of child [censored] abuse victims are again largely ignored, as the abuser is far more likely to be found in a family photo album than on the registry %u2013 and the abuse is likely perpetrated behind closed doors in a familiar place, not answering a door while a parent (hopefully) stands watch on the curb.

bart m. October 31, 2012 at 6:39 am

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