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sex offender

n.
A person who has committed a criminal sexual offense.
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Noun1.sex offender - someone who has been convicted of a sex crime
convict - a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
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Translations
seksuaalirikollinen
sexforbryter
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number of sex in Greater "On countless occasions it has saved time and resources, as the process can often result in information being passed on which wouldn't have previously been available without us carrying out lengthy surveillance or checking a sex offender's electronic devices first.
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Americans top list of sex offenders barred from Philippines !-- -- Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) - January 4, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Americans comprise most of the foreign registered sex offenders (RSOs) who were turned away upon arriving in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday.
Americans top list of sex offenders barred from Philippines
The number of sex offenders per head in the police force area is 18 per cent higher than across England and Wales as a whole, which has one sex offender for every 878 people.
50 per cent rise in sex offenders in West Mids
The MoJ figures also showed that in 2017/18, one sex offender being monitored in Cheshire was charged with a serious further offence and one was convicted, while three serious sex offenders were returned to prison for breaching their licence conditions.
Cheshire has highest number of sex offenders per head in England and Wales; Figures have been released by the the Ministry of Justice
THE number of registered sex offenders living in Wales is rising rapidly, new figures have shown.
Number of sex offenders on rise
In total, there were 1,511 registered sex offenders living in the South Wales Police force area at the end of March 2018.
NUMBER ON LIST OF SEX OFFENDERS JUMPS 59%
A registered sex offender is a person, male or female, who has been convicted of a crime involving a sexual act.
1,800 convicted perverts living in merseyside; Figures show massive increase in number of sex offenders
The number of sex offenders per head in the police force area is 4% higher than across England and Wales as a whole, which has one sex offender for every 878 people.
The number of sex offenders who live in Hampshire has increased by 50% in eight years; The equivalent of one sex offender for every 841 people aged 10 and over lives in Hampshire
Ministry of Justice figures also show that one sex offender being monitored in Teesside was charged with a serious further offence - but none were convicted.
Sex offender numbers rise
The numbers of registered sex offenders living in Wales is rising rapidly, new figures released this week have shown.
The number of sex offenders living in Wales is rising rapidly; South Wales Police has a significantly higher proportion of sex offenders in its area than the rest of the UK
Sex offender who met children aged 7 and 13 caught after accidentally phoning police on himself
This is how many sex offenders live in Merseyside - and what is being done to watch them; Figures have been released by the Ministry of Justice showing just how many sexual predators there are on Merseyside
"Sex offenders do shop around," said Paula Stitz, who runs the State Sex Offender Registry for the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
Missouri's sex offenders often move to Illinois, other neighbors -BYLN- Associated Press
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