GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Greek Life
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Greek Life This forum is for various discussion topics regarding greek life. If you are posting a non-greek related message, please do so in one of the General Chat Topic forums.

» GC Stats
Members: 329,729
Threads: 115,666
Posts: 2,205,014
Welcome to our newest member, samuelpetrvoz32
» Online Users: 1,485
0 members and 1,485 guests
No Members online
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-09-2007, 12:06 PM
Jill1228 Jill1228 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: NJ/Philly suburbs
Posts: 7,172
Send a message via AIM to Jill1228
Thumbs down Nearly two-dozen sex offenders living near UW sororities

http://www.komotv.com/news/10326767.html

This is some scary shit!

Nearly two-dozen sex offenders living near UW sororities


Story Updated: Oct 8, 2007 at 6:48 PM PDT
By KOMO Staff
Watch the story
SEATTLE - The University of Washington recently found out just how many sex offenders live near students, with some living just blocks from sorority houses.

Some students who live in the U-District north of 45th Avenue checked and found nearly two-dozen registered sex offenders -- some of them level 3 -- live in the area.

"It's a little weird, but they have to live somewhere I guess," said student Eileen Moreland. "Better here than next to an elementary school, I suppose."

The registered sex offenders in question live in five houses run by the same landlord who has an agreement with the Department of Corrections.

Moreland said she had no idea the sex offenders were in the area until her friends told her.

"Well maybe at least send us letters and let us know they're in this area," Moreland said. "I heard by rumor, but no one has ever contacted or let us know so it'd be nice to hear from the school."

University officials say they will contact parents and students very shortly to let them know where the sex offenders are.

As to why they're just being notified now?

"We just recently found out of their presence," said Eric Godfrey, the Vice Provost for Student Life at the UW. He added it was possible to notify students sooner, but they wanted to take time to get a clear fix of what was happening.

"Bottom line, we think our students should be aware of this presence as should their parents and we will be reaching out to notify them very soon," Godfrey said.

Godfrey says university officials went as far as the governor's mansion to get 13 sex offenders removed from the area. And Governor Christine Gregoire has since ordered the DOC not to refer registered sex offenders to those houses anymore.

In the meantime, you can search the King County Sheriff's sex offender database Web site to see where registered sex offenders live. You'll find the site at www.metrokc.gov
__________________
"OP, you have 99 problems, but a sorority ain't one"-Alumiyum
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-09-2007, 12:11 PM
smiley21 smiley21 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: chicago, il
Posts: 5,112
That is just creepy.
__________________
alpha delta pi
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-09-2007, 05:09 PM
James James is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: NY
Posts: 8,594
Send a message via ICQ to James Send a message via AIM to James
If we are talking pedophiles, any girl over 11 should be pretty safe.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-09-2007, 05:32 PM
midwesterngirl midwesterngirl is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 746
Quote:
Originally Posted by James View Post
If we are talking pedophiles, any girl over 11 should be pretty safe.



This is how Washington State defines sex offenders. It doesn't specify what crimes were committed, just the likelihood that they will re offend.

http://ml.waspc.org/FAQ.aspx#Level3

What is the definition of a Level III sex offender? These offenders pose a potential high risk to the community and are a threat to re-offend if provided the opportunity. Most have prior sex crime convictions as well as other criminal convictions. Their lifestyles and choices place them in this classification. Some have predatory characteristics and may seek out victims. They may have refused or failed to complete approved treatment programs.
What is the definition of a Level II sex offender? These offenders present a moderate risk to the community and they have a higher likelihood of re-offending than the Level 1 offenders. They are considered a higher risk to re-offend, because of the nature of their previous crime(s) and lifestyle (drug and alcohol abuse and other criminal activity). Some have refused to participate or failed to complete approved treatment programs.

What is the definition of a Level I sex offender? These offenders present the lowest possible risk to the community and their likelihood to re-offend is considered minimal. They normally have not exhibited predatory type characteristics and most have successfully participated or are participating in approved treatment programs. Many are first time offenders.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-09-2007, 05:39 PM
UGAalum94 UGAalum94 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Atlanta area
Posts: 5,372
I'd be freaked out too, but I have to ask: where are we going to let sex offenders live?

Nobody is going to want them.

I think that publicizing the general area of where they live and adding security at the sorority houses are the ways to go immediately.

But do you really want them to relocate to neighborhoods with a lot of kids or a lot of elderly people? Do you just think they should have to live among public housing complexes, giving the residents another kind of criminal to fear? Everything is problematic about this issue.

I think Level III offenders should still be in jail (maybe level II too)
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-09-2007, 05:40 PM
James James is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: NY
Posts: 8,594
Send a message via ICQ to James Send a message via AIM to James
Ahh thanks. When these megan's law type things were first proposed i believe they were supposed to be geared towards level 3 pedophiles .. . . So i tend to think of anyone on the list as a level 3 pedophile.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-09-2007, 06:14 PM
LoggerTheta LoggerTheta is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: San Bernadino County, CA
Posts: 178
Honestly, I'm going to take a different stance here, and say that I think it is wrong that the University of Washington is ousting these people from their homes. One man who was interviewed was using a cane to walk, and was clearly a senior citizen. He paid his debt to society with 15 years in prison. I do not think that asking this man to leave his home for a crime that he's already been punished for is good form at all. The community that these people live in act as a support group, and they go to counceling. This "preventitive" method of "peace keeping" has got to stop.
__________________
Kappa Alpha Theta
Why walk when you can fly?
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-09-2007, 07:20 PM
texas*princess texas*princess is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: ooooooh snap!
Posts: 11,156
the scary thing is that a large percentage of registered so's move all the time and don't report their new address.

local news shows do bits about that all the time -- pulling up a list of names/addresses and then physically going there to find abandoned houses, etc.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-09-2007, 07:21 PM
PM_Mama00 PM_Mama00 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,807
Send a message via AIM to PM_Mama00 Send a message via Yahoo to PM_Mama00
Quote:
Originally Posted by LoggerTheta View Post
Honestly, I'm going to take a different stance here, and say that I think it is wrong that the University of Washington is ousting these people from their homes. One man who was interviewed was using a cane to walk, and was clearly a senior citizen. He paid his debt to society with 15 years in prison. I do not think that asking this man to leave his home for a crime that he's already been punished for is good form at all. The community that these people live in act as a support group, and they go to counceling. This "preventitive" method of "peace keeping" has got to stop.
Just because they have done their time of punishment, doesn't mean they are rehabilitated. Have you ever looked at a sex offender list? There are some people on there that are in their 80s! It's disgusting.

But there are also people who are on there for peeing in public, which I think is ridiculous.
__________________
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia!

KLTC
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-09-2007, 07:23 PM
texas*princess texas*princess is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: ooooooh snap!
Posts: 11,156
Quote:
Originally Posted by James View Post
If we are talking pedophiles, any girl over 11 should be pretty safe.
Don't sex offenders also include people who have commited those crimes to adult women?

I don't know if there is a seperate classification for those crimes/offenders though.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-09-2007, 10:01 PM
PeppyGPhiB PeppyGPhiB is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The Emerald City
Posts: 3,413
"Sex Offenders" includes people - men and women - who have committed sexually-based crimes against men or women, children or adults. It does not matter whether they assaulted a grown up woman or a 5-year-old boy, they must register as a sex offender.

The state actually provides an online database so people can look up their address and get a photo and physical description of offenders living close by, as well as the crime (just the charge) that got them on the list. If it's rape of a child, it will say that, or if it's just a rape charge, it will say that. It doesn't say whether the victim was male or female, which I believe is an important piece of information. http://ml.waspc.org/index.aspx
__________________
Gamma Phi Beta
Love. Labor. Learning. Loyalty.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-10-2007, 08:39 AM
SWTXBelle SWTXBelle is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Land of Chaos
Posts: 9,265
As far as the sorority houses go - security needs to be top-notch, whether or not they know a sex offender is living nearby. You don't want to be in the position of wishing you had had better security because something happened. The good that can come out of this article is a heightened sense of awareness on the part of the sorority members and house corps. Alas, you can never let your guard down in our society.
__________________
Gamma Phi Beta
Courtesy is owed, respect is earned, love is given.
Proud daughter AND mother of a Gamma Phi. 3 generations of love, labor, learning and loyalty.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 10-10-2007, 09:37 AM
SthrnZeta SthrnZeta is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,017
Send a message via AIM to SthrnZeta
It also includes statutory rape cases... so those teachers that had affairs with a student, also have to register as a sex offender. The category includes so many different offenses, yet people lump the whole category together as pedophiles and sexual predators. Just playing Devil's advocate...
__________________
zeta tau alpha
"My crown is in my heart, not on my head."
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 10-10-2007, 10:14 AM
Low C Sharp Low C Sharp is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 678
Quote:
The category includes so many different offenses, yet people lump the whole category together as pedophiles and sexual predators.
Thank you. I've been "assaulted" by a flasher in a public park, and it was no fun, but there's a world of difference between a flasher and someone who's tried to kidnap kids or raped an adult. It's crazy to brand someone for life and expel them from neighborhoods for committing that kind of crime.
________
DiamondKitten

Last edited by Low C Sharp; 09-20-2011 at 04:48 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 10-10-2007, 01:09 PM
honeychile's Avatar
honeychile honeychile is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 31,401
Quote:
Originally Posted by SWTXBelle View Post
As far as the sorority houses go - security needs to be top-notch, whether or not they know a sex offender is living nearby. You don't want to be in the position of wishing you had had better security because something happened. The good that can come out of this article is a heightened sense of awareness on the part of the sorority members and house corps. Alas, you can never let your guard down in our society.
Total agreement. There are a lot more crimes other than sex crimes.

However, I've yet to see any evidence of even one sex offender who has been completely rehabilitated. If anyone has some, I'd surely like to see it.
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Scooter gets a Dozen and a 1/2 DaemonSeid News & Politics 30 07-16-2007 01:19 PM
Baker's Dozen, Inc.: Early Social Action by Deltas in DC Senusret I Delta Sigma Theta 3 03-19-2007 09:31 PM
Castration for Sex Offenders?? AlphaFrog News & Politics 7 07-08-2006 01:43 AM
Changes in law could help past drug offenders qualify for federal financial aid Honeykiss1974 Delta Sigma Theta 0 02-06-2006 05:47 PM
Nearly two dozen Butler Thetas sick FuzzieAlum Greek Life 16 10-12-2003 08:59 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.