Are registered sex offender websites constitutional?

Please clearly state your opinion and if it is based on personal belief, etc; Or factual evidence/logical reasoning

No where in my question did I say I believed these sites to be unconstitutional. I simply want to know what you believe.

Yes. There is no Constitutional protection against reporting prior criminal convictions. This is based on my research and experience on this subject. There is some debate on this issue to a degree, but to date, there has been no case law supporting the claim.

Also, there is no empirical evidence to support the claim that they prevent or reduce sex crimes against kids. Simply put, the overwhelming majority of child sex offenses take place in the child's home at the hands of a close friend or family member. The remainder typically find their victims in homes where the parents are too unconcerned or too busy to bother with checking to see if anyone in the neighborhood is a sex offender. Some sex offenders also have reported in studies that they tend to seek victims outside of their neighborhoods to keep their identity under wraps. Others simply seek out jobs or other opportunities to provide easier access to potential victims.

Well it isn't unconstitutional (nothing in the constitution states you can't), you would have to make a stretch to make it count under something.

I *personally* believe it is a good thing to have a list of registered sex offenders easily accessible on a website. It can help keep your children safe, it can also be another way to punish sex offenders that get off too easy.

I think you ask a good question. Sex offenders list give us a sense of security (I checked my neighborhood out before I bought my house), but as the case in Florida a few years ago, it is a false sense of security since an offender can be registered at one place while really living in another. I also found most on the list were 19 year olds sleeping with 14 year olds (not a big concern for my my 3 year old son being snatched off the playground).

I suppose someone could (I don't know who would) argue that registries violate the "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" guarantee. Which could be easily amended to say "as long as you don't interfere with someone else's pursuit of...

once a person is convicted of a crime it is public record
and as for sex offender some states are at this time separating consensual (between consenting parties) like where a 19 and 17 year old are together
and where a minor is raped by a known person or stranger those should be made public record... so the public knows to keep away

I'd say the better question is if they're unlawful, not unconstitutional. There is a difference.

That being said though, personally, I'd say it COULD be argued that they're a violation of the 8th Amendment, but it'd be quite a stretch. Although not the intent, it's not unheard of that members of a neighborhood could find a person online in order to do them harm, thus it'd be a form of State sponsored torture. Again, a stretch, but could be made. But like I said, unlawful would be a much easier argument to make.

It's public record. for viewing by the public. It would be no different than your speeding ticket court appearance except it is a major offense that most newspapers choose not to publish since there are so many. un- like your speeding ticket would be.

Newspapers are not required to. That is why there are websites designed to let the public know in case they have children playing in that neighborhood or going to School and want to keep them safe. Like in the movie The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon.

Constitutional, yes.
Right yes and no.
Certain sex offenders do need to be listed others do not. Some of the crimes that classify you as a sex offender are pathetic like selection etc.

Please state where in the Constitution you believe they are prohibited.

As criminal convictions are PUBLIC records to begin with, they only make certain information that was already available to the public easier to locate.

Registered sex offender web sites are for public safety reasons..if we want children to be a bit safer from pedophiles, we need to know where they live

How would it be unconstitutional?

What part of the constitution says that crimes cannot be reported to the public?