It's the same thing with things like sex-offender registries. People assume that they can look at the registries and keep an eye on what is going on in their neighborhood. |
Tens of thousands of these predators are never reported or arrested or convicted. |
The reality is that 90 percent of child sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone who is known to a child - a family member, a friend of the family or someone else close. |
They can see the name of the sexual offender who moves into their neighborhood, and convince themselves that they can protect their children from the stereotypical bad guy. |
This kind of legislation can lead to a false sense of security. |
We've seen estimates of how much the GPS tracking technology will cost Virginia. The number that I've seen is $36 million a year. For a drop in the bucket compared to that, the state can do so much more to prevent these kinds of things from happening. |
What the attorney general is trying to do here is well intentioned. But this is only addressing part of the problem. |