SO sex offender

The question about sex offenders made me want to ask this.

Should there be different levels of offenses for 'the list' of offenders?

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A neighbor of ours is now 28, but 8 years ago when he was in college he attended a party. A girl was at the party and things got heavy.

Later, he was arrested for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. That was when he found out she was 16.

The law here says that there can not be more than 4 years between the parties and his was four year and two months older than the girl.

He is actually a really nice guy who made a mistake because he assumed the girl was another college student at the party. Now he is branded for life as a sex offender. I actually feel bad for him.

So, what do you think? Different levels or an offender is an offender no matter what!

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Asked by layh41407 at 1:22 PM on Aug. 11, 2012 in Relationships

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Yes I definitely think there should be different levels. What you described is totally different from a guy raping a girl.

Answer by missanc at 1:25 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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Yes I agree w/ you. Not only are there situations like that, but what about the teens who get caught sexting. They get labled as SO's too. And it would be nice to know which ones prey on children too.

Answer by mrsmom110 at 1:45 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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Yes, I think there should be certain criteria that one must meet to be put on an offender registry for the rest of their lives. I would think it would be reasonable to guess that a girl at a college party is college aged.

Answer by QuinnMae at 1:48 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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I think there are different levels. My nephew will be leaving for college soon and the incident that you described is what everybody in my family has been in his face about. Be careful, ask for i.d. etc... anything to try to prepare him. What the hell is a 16 year old doing at a college party anyway?...

Answer by BigRoni at 2:02 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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I agree, there should be different levels as long as both parties consented to the liason.
20 is still young and girls today look a lot older than they actually are.

Answer by PMSMom10 at 2:06 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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BigRoni

I hope you get through to him. This guy is nice, but this had pretty much ruined his life. He still lives with his parents at 28 and he never finished college.

Comment by layh41407 (original poster) at 2:28 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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It is the older party's responsibility to ask questions and make sure they are not breaking the law, I am sorry this nice guy made this mistake, but I can pretty much tell you, he will never make that one again....

Answer by older at 3:54 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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There ARE different levels of sex offender:
Level 1: The vast majority of registered sex offenders are classified as Level 1 offenders. They are considered at low risk to re-offend. These individuals may be first time offenders and they usually know their victims.

Level 2 offenders have a moderate risk of re-offending. They generally have more than one victim and the abuse may be long term. These offenders usually groom their victims and may use threats to commit their crimes. These crimes may be predatory with the offender using a position of trust to commit their crimes. Typically these individuals do not appreciate the damage they have done to their victims.

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Answer by Rosehawk at 3:56 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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Level 3 offenders are considered to have a high risk to re-offend. They usually have one or more victims and may have committed prior crimes of violence. They may not know their victim(s). The crime may show a manifest cruelty to the victim(s) and these offenders usually deny or minimize the crime. These offenders commonly have clear indications of a personality disorder.

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Answer by Rosehawk at 3:56 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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Different levels absolutely.

Answer by meooma at 4:47 PM on Aug. 11, 2012
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