If someone is dangerous and commits a crime, put him in prison!
While not perfect, the sex offender list can give a family with young children a *snapshot* of what the neighborhood they are thinking of moving in to before they make a fateful decision. [Things a real estate agent won’t tell you] I know this from personal experience, FWIW.
If I were moving into a *unknown* situation, and a list like this were available, I’d make use of it. I have asked the local PD to make a print out of police calls in a certain area, before I moved into an neighborhood.
“Why do we keep building upon bad law after bad law after bad law?”
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers.”
Quote by: Ayn Rand
(1905-1982) Author
Source: “Atlas Shrugged”, Part II, Chapter 3