Should Sex Offenders be able to get a Real Estate License?

Like any other crime there are different degrees. For instance, 98% of all sex crimes against children are committed by family members and friends of the family. 95% of first time offenders NEVER commit another sex crime. Now you won't hear that from the news media and politicians. They will tell you anything for ratings and votes.

Unfortunately, all sex offenders are painted with the same broad brush. Mention the word, "sex offender," and the general public thinks of John Couey who killed Jessica Lunsford.

Children as young as 10 have been put on sex offender registries. Many Romeo and Juliet are put on the registry. See: www.rickyslife.com as an example of injustice.

Let me back up a few facts for you and you can go see for yourself.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm

 

* Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were robbers (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%), and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons (70.2%).
* Within 3 years, 2.5% of released rapists were arrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for homicide.
* The 272,111 offenders discharged in 1994 had accumulated 4.1 million arrest charges before their most recent imprisonment and another 744,000 charges within 3 years of release.

Recidivism Studies

Hello all. Question: Can a convicted sex-offender (i.e., "rape") obtain an Indiana Salesperson's License if they have completed parole and stuff, and passed all the pre-licensing exams?

ignorant comments girls. Not well thought out.

In Washington state can a sex offender get a real estate brokers liscence. Im asking because I found out my apartment manager is a lvl two and its a really big complex in the down town area and theres alot of people alleging misconduct about him

In Washington state can a sex offender get a real estate brokers liscence. Im asking because I found out my apartment manager is a lvl two and its a really big complex in the down town area and theres alot of people alleging misconduct about him

Very ignorant comments from close minded individuals. Maybe we should just send all the sex offenders to an island where they can live together? But wait, one of them would have to be a real estate agent. Forget that idea I guess.

Applause to the individuals who commended understanding that not all individuals blanketed as an offender are alike.

It should be up to the broker if he wants to contract such an individual, and up to the client if they don't feel comfortable working with such an individual. But there is no reason this information needs to be disclosed further then to the broker.

Lyn, Miriam, Gail -- you should be ashamed of yourself for being so narrow minded. But then again, heaven forbid there be another real estate agent out there that works hard that you would have to compete with. I'd be so horrifying, because all sex offenders are deviant creatures from the dark. I'll pray for you.

My belief is that nothing is black and white. As with all crimes I believe that each case should be looked at individually. Sex Offenders specifically are bunched together regardless of their crimes and all endure the same punishment. If you urinate in a public park while drunk you can be placed on the sex offender list the same as a rapist; Is this fair? I disagree i think that the judicial system is far to quick to bunch everyone in this are of crime due to better chances of being re-elected(not always(sometimes it is a different reason) and will continue to create harsher punishments until changes are made). We do not burn witches at the stake these days because we as a society have decided it is barbaric so why do we bunch this criminal activity so broadly to each case without first looking at each individual case, their receding rate, and external chances of receding(such as environment). This persecution due to a few horrid individuals has caused the law to reflect a fear, has cause it to go rampant creating a general bias that anyone on this list is immediately a monster WORSE than a murder(the true most heinous criminal act). I ask all of you regardless of what your belief in the matter is, fact check each individual case and understand that some individuals deserve to have this harsh punishment but others do not, it's not black and white....nothing is