In today's world, the amount of repeat sex offenders who are on the sex offender registration list is rising. With over 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, the value of the sex registry is evident. The sex offender registration law has continuously been in place until today with slight changes being made. An analysis of the sex registration law reveals that there are some challenges relating to a sex offender information such as home addresses, place of employment, and general whereabouts of registered sex offenders.
             Equally important, throughout the country, law enforcement agencies are losing track of many sex offenders in spite of the registration laws. In the state of California, law enforcement authorities are unable to give report for 44% of the state's registered sex offenders. However, in Washington law enforcement agencies do a better job of tracking registered sex offenders, but they also are unable to track 10% of those offenders. In Seattle, a little more than 20% of sex offenders can not be located. Within that 20% of sex offenders who are missing 10 level 3 offenders, including 29 year old Blaine Olds. Blaine Olds criminal record includes a 1992 conviction for third-degree rape. Olds was found guilty of attacking and raping a 15 year old girl in her apartment. He has also been convicted of sexually assaulting a 7 year old girl and attacking a 16 year old girl in her garage. Experts say sex offender database worldwide have fallen short of their promise (Castro, 2003).
             On the contrary, laws designed for convicted individuals of sex offenses may not protect children from sex crimes, but do advance to harassment, banishment, and even violence against previous offenders. The House Bill 571 revised precise requirements of the law that relates to the clarification of sex offenders changing, among other things, the living and working requirements for offenders. Under this new law, restrictions w...