Nicholas Chase
Art assistant, 18
It's a solution to have a list of sex offenders for the police but not the public -- that's insane. It scares people and incites violence. I think that prisoners should be graded on their potential to re-offend.

Dawn Mostow
ALT, 25
In Florida, we can check on the Internet. If people know they can be more careful. My feeling is that I really wouldn't care about their feelings. I'd just want to protect my family.

Masukazu Koga
Photographer, 25
There are many perverts in Japan. Japan should make a public list because everyone wants to know who is dangerous. If the list is public then it will discourage people from committing crimes like that.

Larry Camera
I.T. director, 39
If there's a support network, there shouldn't be any need to put them on a list. They need to integrate into the community. People still have civil rights that need to be respected.

Sally Jenkin
Mum, 39
I once got a letter saying, "There's a pedophile on your street" but no more information. Knowing more would make me feel unsafe and I wouldn't alter my behavior. It's a disease, but help isn't there.

Hanae Ogura
Housewife, 36
Well, I wouldn't want to know because I would look at that person and see them just as a sex offender. I wouldn't see their humanity and that would make me more scared.