Reply #22: I don't understand the purpose at all

[noamnety]

I understand the police keeping a list because there are jobs you'd want to ensure they never get. (social worker, teacher, doctor, etc.)

But I don't understand the purpose of plastering the info online or around the neighborhood. If you know a molester lives 5 houses down the street, you wouldn't want to send your 1st grader down the street alone. But you don't know if a molester lives in the 4th house down the street, so you still need to go with your child.

That's the main part I don't get. Are you supposed to assume the other houses are safe? What are you supposed to do with the information?