registries

Suppose you want to buy some things. You get residential phone numbers of hundreds of people who live not far from you and you start calling. "Hello, do you have any spare trousers? I want to buy a pair. Here's what size I'm looking for. None to spare? Well, I'm also looking for a good...

I have noticed that while there are registries for sex offenders posted online, this seems to be the only type of crimes in which a registry is posted. I have always had mixed feelings about such a registry, as I have heard that the false allegation rate in such cases is most likely quite high...