a new life some public sector employers are required to use the database school principals must check that recruits do not have a criminal record if they don't employees face a fine or even prison sentence. move follows an example set by the united states which has published the information of convicted sex offenders since two thousand and five. the public can use an up to check whether a convicted sex offender lives in the neighborhood all search for an offender is address the freedom of information act guarantees access to court records. experts like cloudier call it an invasion of privacy that merely serves to sow public concern. if the state says we're releasing names will warn you about sex offenders it's indirectly calling on the public to take matters into its. one hand it's a statement of the all thora taste powerlessness and on the other the call on the