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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:24 AM Original message |
Anyone think it's possible to rehab sex offenders? |
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Jackson4Gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nope |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Interesting... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Good point. |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. As with so many things it depends on the individual case. |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It would also depend on the severity of their crime. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. I worked as a counselor in a sex offender treatment-oriented |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. please, elaborate. |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That jives with the existing research literature.... |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. No , I really do not think they can be rehabilitated in the best |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Does Death Count as Rehab? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. why, then do you think we are on the fence as a culture about this? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Let's Not Succumb to the "Think of the Children!!1!" Hysteria |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. that's the point, and it's not hysteria. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You raise some excellent points! |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. are you saying it's political as far as funding? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Yes, it's political |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I Was Talking About ALL Sexual Offenders |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. if pedophiles are rare then they sure do get around. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Spend Some Time With Some Adult Rape Victims |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. well, then.. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No, I Wasn't; You Saw What You Wanted To See |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Child sexual abuse is not "rare" 20% of females in US, victims of child sa |
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Athame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Why is the culture on the fence? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. that is such a good point. |
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Athame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I don't mean to belittle your very good question |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. that is the thrust of my argument. |
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Athame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. yes, we want to castrate those horrible monsters out there, but |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. There was a show on with an expert who said when he was studying |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. They need to do more research on what part of the brain this comes |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. why the delay? how many more kids have to die? |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I don't think chopping it off helps. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. the only cures I have heard about are some kinds of |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I disagree. I believe castration would work. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I don't see this a sexual behavior. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Castration Doesn't Work |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Now, is that your opinion, or do you have any support for it? |
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purji (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. heres a link |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Your link is to one person's opinion as to why castration won't work. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. self-deleted... |
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ermoore (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. You gotta get their boys . . . |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think it is possible to rehab rapists |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. I know a guy who "offended" a little girl |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's interesting that you say when he feels "overwhelmed". |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Could it be related to the |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Rape is about power |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
64. Lack of impulse control and antisocial behavior according to the DSM IV |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
38. Their first "prosecutable offense" is NOT their first offense |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. Chemical castration!!! An alarm system built inside the freak that |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 03:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I thought the same thing |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 04:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I agree - but I imagine for some it is not even sexual..just about hurt |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. read my post below |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. Maybe yes. Maybe no. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
45. in many cases it probably is, but no one ever seems to try . . . |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. My hubby had something really, really twisted happen to him |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. it really is sad . . . one has to wonder just how many of these cases . . |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
49. I would like to believe it is possible |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
52. I read somewhere that it is, somewhat. |
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DARE to HOPE (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
57. I think, as others have said, that one's ability to process the feelings |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. nope... sorry |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
60. In general, no. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. That is scary! There are no reliable predictors for recovery, IMO |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
61. I think some sort of objective testing needs to be developed, |
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animuscitizen (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
62. My subjective & objective opinions as a therapist |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Excellent description! |
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