So many Sex offenders in Golden colorado

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by davidv

Golden is the county seat for Jefferson County. As such it is the home to the county jail. Many of the inmates are sex offenders who are "living" at the county jail for a year or so while they await trial or while they await sentencing and transfer to . This gives Golden a concentration of registered sex offenders inside of its boundaries.

The C-D page says there are 81 registered sex offenders in Golden. Of those 81 nearly 1/3 of them (28) live on Jefferson County Pkwy -- the address for the jail. About 5 or 6 more do not live in Golden, but in a part of unincorporated Jefferson County that uses a Golden address.

I recently came across a quote from Aaron Levenstein (professor and author) that really puts things like this in perspective.

"Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital"

Hope this helps.

This is a great post. Thanks David.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Colorado4me

1/216 people in Golden vs colorado average 1/716 off city-data golden page.
Coloradoalimony thanks for the insight on Golden selling out long ago. Are there any real small towns left in the Denver/Boulder area?

Statistics isn't your better quality. Why bring this up? Do you have something against Golden?

[Colorado4me]

Thank you Davidv and Wong21fr that is the answer I was looking for. That makes so much sense thanks for clearing it up.

[Colorado4me]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

Statistics isn't your better quality. Why bring this up? Do you have something against Golden?

Timmyy quite the opposite I am in love with the idea of Golden. We are moving there this summer. From FL. When you're planning a move cross country it's hard to grasp a realistic expectation of the area. We visited a week before the September floods and loved it. A family member brought up the large amount of sex offenders and we couldn't understand why. She wants us to move to Castle Rock.

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by Colorado4me

Timmyy quite the opposite I am in love with the idea of Golden. We are moving there this summer. From FL. When you're planning a move cross country it's hard to grasp a realistic expectation of the area. We visited a week before the September floods and loved it. A family member brought up the large amount of sex offenders and we couldn't understand why. She wants us to move to Castle Rock.

Personally I would move to Golden 100 times before living in Castle Rock. I have a lot of friends raising kids there. Such a better town than the suburban sprawl that is Castle Rock.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by SkyDog77

Personally I would move to Golden 100 times before living in Castle Rock.

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[redfish1]

Originally Posted by KaaBoom

There are sex offenders everywhere. nating in puThat's mostly because we are living in a country where relatively minor offenses such as uriblic can be considered a sex offense.

I've got news for you, you are probably living near a lot more dangerous people then sex offenders. But you will never know, because they are not required to register.

this is so true.

I have a buddy that's a registered sex offender. He had sex with a 17 year old when he was 21 at a house party. I personally think 21 is too old to be bagging HS girls, but to call that rape is absolutely insane

[faeryedark]

Originally Posted by redfish1

this is so true.

I have a buddy that's a registered sex offender. He had sex with a 17 year old when he was 21 at a house party. I personally think 21 is too old to be bagging HS girls, but to call that rape is absolutely insane

When I was 17, I had a 21 yr old boyfriend and I lived with him. It was perfectly legal (may still be in my state I dunno) I can certainly tell you I was NOT a victim. Regardless of the fact that he was an idiot. It's a shame people can be slapped with that evil label for something like this and be kept from moving on with their lives