Topline - Sex Offender - September 13-14, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 13-14, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you favor or oppose a public registry for sex offenders?

83% Favor
  7% Oppose
10% Not sure

2* Should convicted sex offenders stay on a public registry after they have fulfilled their sentence and parole or probation period?

72% Yes
16% No
12% Not sure

3* Should it be against the law for a 17-year old boy to have sex with his 15-year old girlfriend?

39% Yes
47% No
14% Not sure

4* Should a 17-year-old boy who has sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend be on a sex offender registry?

11% Yes
81% No

  9% Not sure

5* Should corrections systems be allowed to hold sex offenders indefinitely if they believe the offender will strike again?

71% Yes
15% No

15% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence