I'm doing a report on sex offenders for law and government(class), and i notice whenever the word sex offender is mentioned, the flame fest begins. Seems current laws are aimed at offenders after they have been caught, and then punished over and over again for something they 'might' commit, which seems unconstitutional. I'm starting to think that it would be better if society backed up a minute and looked at stopping offenders BEFORE they offend. If the lynchmob wasn't so heavy, we could actually have commercials and ads like we do for depresion and stuff, listing the signs of a potential offender and where to go for help...much like we do for drug addicts, ADD, alcoholism and other illnesses. Seems like if we treated it more like an illness, more would be willing to have it treated as an illness. Hence, preventing abuse and saving lots of tax dollars currently spend on 'feel good' laws that many claim dont work. Doesn't this seem more feasible than waiting until the abuse happens?
2007-05-17
09:55:40
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