Sex Offenders

If I had children I would want to know if there were any sex offenders in my neighborhood. I think that this can be a very useful tool, however I do agree that it can be a very harmful also. I think that there are different levels of sex offenders and that they should be catorgorized. I think that it is stupid to have the "sex offenders" that were 18 and their girlfriends were 17 and the relationship went wrong. This is so unfair, the life of the individual just completely changed. I think that things like that should not be reported, however I do feel strongly about having serious sex offenders on a database that can be accessed by everyone. I think that it should be public knowledge.