Are rapists victims themselves?

Question

Why does the law not offer help to them?

Answer 1

That is a sick and insulting question, how dare you ask that?

Answer 2

Anyone who commits a crime is a victim.
Mostly of their own weakness and inability to respect the rule of law and humanity in general.
Of course there are many people including alleged rapists who should never be in prison in the first place.
We increasingly live in a world where accusations are easily made and hard to disprove. The CPS, police and courts are all eager to reach targets and get convictions.
The law can be an *** and is more interested in putting people in prison than helping them.
Rape is a terrible crime and there can be no excuse for it. It is also a crime, if we do not find out the back ground to the crime and put as much effort into both the victim of the crime and the perpetrator to find out why it happened.
We hear so much of persons sentenced having been abused or ill treated themselves, although it is no excuse for wrong behaviour, it is as important that they be helped as the unfortunate victim.

Answer 3

What exactly are rapists the victims of????

Rapists are normal men who have a problem accepting that others have the right to say "NO"!!! They give their victims a life sentence in having to deal with what happened to them. The b*****d who did it to me, is walking around (the town where I live) scot free, without a care in the world and his attack was pre-meditated and precise - he hasn't even got the pathetic excuse of getting "carried away".

Why should the law offer help to rapists when it doesn't even offer help to actual victims. Only 7% of rapes are reported to the police and of that only 2% of court cases results in a conviction. The law should be changed to offer even more help to the RIGHTFUL victims of rape - the women (and men) who said "NO" in the first place.

Answer 4

I'm quite surprised by the closed mindedness in the responses to this question... I wonder if you knew at the time that you were brave in asking...

It's all to easy to look at any criminal as just that.. somehow isolated from anything that's touched them in their lives and definable only by the actions and supposed choices they've made... I don't deny personal responsibility, but nor do i champion it... I don't think the majority of criminals, not even rapists, are born that way... Society has to take some responsibility for creating such people, and until it can do that, and fully understand how it creates them, these people will keep being "born"

The criminal justice system shouldn't just be about individual justice, and punishment... it needs to create a detailed enough picture of how and why these people come to commit the acts they do to make the changes necessary in society to prevent more people doing the same...

Unfortunately that would require such a radical shift in our thinking that it won't happen soon, and i'll probably get a fair few thumbs down because people think i'm stupid.... ho hum

Answer 5

Some may have been victims to rapes themselves or have had some traumatic event in their lives but in the end they still broke the law and instead of making sure the pain they suffered would not hurt anyone else they passed that pain and hurt other people. I am not saying that it's fair for everyone but if we let this sort of thing slip away what will stop them from hurting someone else?

Answer 6

Rapists, like all other people should have the ability to stop themselves from harming others. If they think they have a problem and need to be helped then they can see a doctor or psychiatrist for help. If they don't take steps to prevent themselves from harming others, then they are definitely not a victim, they are a monster.

Answer 7

Victims of what??

What harm or injury is inflicted upon them either physical or emotional?

No they are not the victim they are the perpetrator of a terrible crime! One which has no EXCUSE ever!

The only help I'd give them is via the surgeons knife!!! At least that way they would never be able to do it twice!!!

If you can, learn to think before asking such insulting questions. There are many victims out there and it's not something you ever forget!!!
A life sentence for the innocent a smack on the wrist for the quilty!

Answer 8

I think society has a tendency to want to sweep unpleasant people under the rug. While I do believe in the idea of giving criminals the chance to reform and know that there are many obstacles along that path, I will not go so far as to say that guilty rapists are victims themselves.

Answer 9

Yes it is likely that rapists are or were once victims themselves. The law does demand 'rehabilitation' but ultimately how could this act be pardoned? Surely that is not your question.

Rapists can be forgiven but the onus is on them to become more responsible healthy productive individuals....and ultimately to feel accountable to something bigger than their ego drives...to move beyond destruction into life. To get to a place where they can heal forgive themselves and others and be at peace. It is possible....the law tries but the individual is the one who must want the help.

Answer 10

people should not be so close-minded . read and consider the question instead of reacting quickly although it is a question that provokes strong emotional thoughts. although, i do not condone the actions of rapists and at the end of the day, they committed a crime therefore, they should serve their time however, i think that a significant amount of rapists were raped or molested as a child and i think this undoubtedly contributed to their action. this does not make it right but psychological help should be provided while they are in prison. for those who just simply do it as a matter of imposing their power on someone vulnerable or someone who is not self-disciplined..... then thats a different case. who knows if they can be reformed?

Answer 11

No, rapists are not victims, they are brutal, conscienceless predators. They prey on those weaker than themselves. I would not be sorry to see them put down like the mad dogs they are. The only help the law should give them is help out of this world. How dare you take that position. Have you ever been raped? If you believe this, you should be and then see how you feel.