Sex offenders could be driven underground if their whereabouts were revealed under a proposed new law, say rape support and probation groups. The Probation Service and the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) warn against making information about sexual offenders too widely available. They were speaking as politicians considered a bill that would give the state powers to monitor offenders after their release from prison. The Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill would permit the electronic tagging of offenders and allow a judge to decide if a sex offender should be banned from any job that required them to have access to children. The risks posed by offenders would be assessed by specialist teams and the gardaí would be allowed to alert third parties about their presence in…

Source: The Times November 29, 2018 00:03 UTC