Child Molesters

[olpluvr]

The Problem: Can child molesters be rehabilitated?

Most people would say that it is impossible for them to be treated. If you were to ask anyone walking down the street about this subject, they would most likely agree that pedophiles should be locked up forever. If this is the case, then why do many get out of prison, why do they even get the

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[ferret_angels]

This subject is touchy, I can understand why there aren't a lot of people responding to this topic. It's very likely that there are people who are reading this who have been violated in some way, or know someone who has been

[xratedouroboros]

Probably no one is responding to this because no one is willing to make the case that convicted felons who have served their debt to society should, at that point, be treated like normal people.

If anyone did, you can bet the countering anecdotes would not be about an 18 year old getting caught after prom with his 16 year old girlfriend in the backseat. It would be about the most insanely indefensible acts imaginable. Except the Law makes no distinctions. Uncle Al who stuck it to his 14 year old niece and the teenager caught heavy petting his underage date both end up Registered Sex Offenders with "Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child" on their record. How many self-righteous busybodies that skim the sex offenders database for someone to harrass this weekend do you think are going to go ask either child molester about what they actually did

Sources and Thinking Outside the Box

[olpluvr]

Some people may fear making the case that convicted felons should be part of an everyday productive society because of the general consensus that child molesters should be shunned. Of course, this is a debating community and I would hope that people can voice their opinions and be proud of their own thoughts; I say my share and will answer questions from people who ask about the validity of my responses.

It has been narrowed down to the Look, guys... Child Rape isn't so bad, really.", but I was hoping to bring more of a focus to the actual offenders themselves: are they "monsters" or just people who have mental illnesses that are hard to overcome? Many of us can debate what "mental illnesses" are in a future debate, so that's what I was hoping to get down to. Unfortunately, I don't think my post stressed that, but I do enjoy interpretations of the overall post

Re: Sources and Thinking Outside the Box

[xratedouroboros]

Sure, sure, but I have the feelinf the general consensus here is that child molesters should be shunned. It's not going to be a very interesting discussion if someone has to play devil's advocate all the time. Just sayin', pose question that could rationally be answered several different ways.

1) "Successfully rehabilitated" means they don't show up in the system again for sexual offenses. There's also not much to the distinction between "hasn't reoffended again" and "hasn't offended yet". Focusing on released sex offenders blinds people to that fact. They're too busy looking at that depraved pervert across the street to pay any attention to Good Ol' Uncle Al... even though, statistically speaking, a friend or relative is a greater risk to a child than a stranger... much less a stranger you've told your children to beware.
2) It's your bottom link. Whatever systematic errors the study might have had, it would still hold that sexual offenders have about half the recidivism rate of violent offenders. Hmmm. Where's the online

[nuke_mercenary]

Child Molesters are nothing but sick fucks who I belive should be Castrated and thrown away for life. There is no way they can be rehibilitated... its like telling a stright man to stop liking girls or Gay man to stop liking men. "personal preference" somthing in there brain makes them attracted to Children. To let a sex offender back on the street is wrong.

I have hanged around with some fucked up guy who has been recently arrested for possestion and distribution of child pornography. *I worked with him and hung out with him without any Idea he was doing this*
I belive that he should be thrown away for more the the 10 years he will be getting and I hope to hell that the sorry sick freak dont make it out of those prision walls.

Any offences that involves harming children in anyway is fucking disgusting and those who commit these acts should'nt have the rights of freedom... let alone the right to live.

[plurali]

Yes, let's castrate all the women child molesters..