If I could, I always like to have the last word, and since I've been invited....
One of the concerns is the cost of the registry, the cost of maintaining and administering it, and whether it is maybe in the better interests of society to put those dollars into preventative or treatment programs.
I've had this discussion with police officers. I've had this discussion with offenders in the institutions who are there because of convictions for sex offences, and they appreciate the fact that the sex offender registry reminds the sex offenders that somebody is watching. And if that isn't preventative enough, I don't know what else can be suggested. But certainly convicted sex offenders have confided to me—and I know they can be a manipulative population, but I believe they are sincere when they have confided this—that they appreciate very much the fact that they are required to register. They know they're going to have a policeman knocking on their door to verify address and verify that they are not taking up residence in an apartment building that is full of children under the age of eight or under the age of fourteen. That is a kind of preventative offshoot, a very beneficial offshoot of the sex offender registry, which I think was not anticipated at the time it was crafted and put into place.
That would be my final comment.