Police have played down fears that allowing parents to check if someone with access to their children is a sex offender may cause vigilante attacks.
The scheme known as "
Sarah's Law" was proposed after the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne 10 years ago.
A Home Office pilot is being extended to eight more forces in England.
Chief Constable Paul West of the Association of Chief Police Officers said it was "realistic" to think people would keep information to themselves.
The scheme was piloted in four areas in England from September 2008 and will be expanded to the whole of England and Wales by spring. -bbc
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