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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is an organization of professionals whose business is the treatment of, as they say, "Sexual Abusers". But rather than self abusers, it's clear that they are paid to take care of sexual predators.
"Studies that have tracked sex offenders over longer follow-up periods have found that pedophiles who molest boys, and rapists of adult women, were the types of offenders most likely to recidivate at rates of 52% and 39% respectively."
"It is also important to recognize that official recidivism statistics are always lower than actual reoffense rates, because some sex offenders commit many sex crimes that go unreported and undetected. It is estimated that less than 10% of all sex crimes result in a criminal conviction."
"Although we cannot predict with certainty that any particular offender will act in a specific way, we can estimate, with moderate accuracy, whether or not an offender belongs to a high- or low-risk group."
Imagine going for heart surgery and being told that they have a moderate hope that you'll survive the surgery.
"What percentage of convicted sex offenders undergo treatment?"
"According to the Safer Society Survey (McGrath, Cumming, & Burchard, 2003) there are 1,549 sex offender treatment programs in the U.S."
"on average, about 70 adult sex offenders are treated each year in each outpatient program." (NOTE - We're not talking about those in the prison system.)
So what do we have? 1,549 sex offender treatment programs TIMES 70 adult sex offenders are treated each year in each outpatient program.
1,549 X 70 = 108,430 adult offenders in treatment in (outpatient programs) the US. That is not including juveniles or those treated in prison.
And remember that quote above?
"It is also important to recognize that official recidivism statistics are always lower than actual reoffense rates, because some sex offenders commit many sex crimes that go unreported and undetected. It is estimated that less than 10% of all sex crimes result in a criminal conviction."
More numbers, sorry.
"One study found that the average number of victims for non-incestuous pedophiles who molest girls is 20; for pedophiles who prefer boys, over 100."
That's only the highlights. Most of what I quoted only concerns children. Now you have a little better info to talk about whether or not special laws are needed. Anyone want to start a YES/NO poll?
Read that web page from The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
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I pointed out the recidivism rates
SEVERAL pages ago and was told I was wrong.
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Originally Posted by TGS
The thing about pædophiles, nazis, terrorists and vegetarians is precisely that they are human. If they were not human we would not be so appalled at their behaviour. Characterizing them as inhuman or sub-human lets them off the moral hook and lets us off the hook of working out a reasoned response to them and to the behaviour they engage in.
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you sure now on the vegetarians?
