ok, add 'neighbourhood watch' organizers, etc to list of community leaders
privvy to paedo ID info..

the point is, one formal/informal way or another..

you should know if a confirmed paedo lives next door..

.. just dont persecute [or try not to beat the shit out of] him unless
you know for certain he's been up to anything involving children

That is even more shocking! Less than 50% of the UK has neighbourhood watch schemes. There has to be a certain amount of interest in it to be set up locally. In highly populated inner city areas with transient populations the rate is far lower. They may work great in smaller areas though.

I didnt realise they had access to criminal records, are you sure about that? The man who came knocking on my door asking if we were interested in setting one up, (with himself being in charge) has recently been divorced by his wife for years of domestic violence. I wouldn't trust him with any data protected information. He IS the local vigilante.

And the only way to make sure the wrong people aren't targetted and 'beat up', is to ensure that the right people are identified. Easy really, no confusion then. We are so concerned about the rights of the convicted offender we have lost sight of the rights of the children to protection. Like I said we are quicker to protect them from dog bites.

Once they are released from prison they are free to offend again unchallenged. And forget about the recommendation that they are rehoused nowhere near a school. There is no area in my city that is nowhere near a school. The latest one to hit our local headlines was actually rehoused in a third floor flat overlooking an early years 0-5 yrs nursery. His flat looked directly into their playground. When his whereabouts became known he was moved to an area three miles away and on the same street as a primary school.

If the judicial system can't rehab them, and the police can't monitor them, then I am afraid even Mars is too close for comfort.

We are not going to agree and we are going around in circles now. I am of the belief that they should have zero rights to anonymity. They have foregone them to get their sexual kicks.

I only know of one, as stated above, in our locale, but he is certainly not alone. Which negates your argument that by one means or another we should know where they are living. The truth is we don't. In a city of approx ten million according to your reasoning he is the only one, because we know about him?

I can see your point about the wrong person being attacked by a hate mob, and the reason this can happen at present is because their identities are kept secret. Do away with anonymity and those who deserve to watch their backs as they walk the streets will be the only ones living under that pressure. I don't advocate or condone violence, but if I were to see a known convicted child sex offender getting a kicking I am honest enough to say I would walk by and cross the road.