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Need to track sex offenders, there's an app for that...

By Douglas A. Berman

Anyone who enjoys the new iPhone ads spotlighting interesting applications can join me in wondering if the newest app will get its own commercial.  This press release provides the details: The WatchOut! iPhone application, which enables consumers to search any given area for registered sex offenders based on location or specific name, officially launches today. Ten percent of profits from the WatchOut! application go to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (www.dvccct.org). The WatchOut! application features an easy-to-use interface that enables users to identify dangers around them by searching for registered sex offenders by zip code or by name. The program also allows the user to determine where the highest concentrations of offenders live by plotting the locations on a map...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).