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Website: National Sex Offender Public Registry

I am sure by now that most folks are aware that information about convicted sex offenders are available on the internet. The Virginia State Police maintain Virginia’s on-line sex offender registry. However, you may not know that the Department of Justice coordinated the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry, a cooperative effort between the state agencies hosting public sexual offender registries and the federal government. The National Sex Offender Registry is named for Dru Kathrina Sjodin, a 22 year old student of the University of North Dakota, who was a victim of kidnapping, rape, and murder in 2003.

Unlike many websites that are maintained by the federal government, this site is nicely designed and very easy to navigate. Simply enter your ZIP code and hit the search button to get a list of convicted sex offenders in your area. You can also click on a name link to get personal information on the offender like a picture, home and work addresses and a risk level. Keep in mind that if there is a confinement facility in your area, all the incarcerated offenders will also show up when you do a search. I didn’t realize this at first and I was surprised by the number of offenders living in my ZIP code until I checked their addresses and found out many of them were residing in the county jail. Check it out!

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Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry