if you take all the people listed on the public register...

then you take all the people who commit sexual offenses in the next 10 years... (ideally, we can't access that info in practice)

then do you think that the majority of sexual offences in that 10 year period will be committed by people on the list or people not on the list?

i would have thought...

more would be committed by people not on the list.

hence... you have more to fear from people not on the list.

(isn't it interesting how you can play with stats)

to repeat: i think the list is harmful because it lulls people into a false sense of security.

i think the list is harmful because it can severely impact peoples lives when they are not likely to reoffend.

i guess people think: but how many sexual offenses can we PREVENT by the existence of the public register?

does that outweigh the harms done to people who are not a risk of reoffending?

whether you want more details on the public register probably depends on the nature of your sexual offense. If you committed a victimless sexual offense then i'd imagine you would want everyone to know that it was indeed a victimless sexual offense. if, on the other hand, you were a predator who was planning on reoffending... you would probably prefer people not to know that your modus operandi was to hang around the local primary schools...