2007-03-07 04:52:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No. Put it this way, would you trust your child around a convicted sex offender..
2007-03-07 04:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Donna 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost all studies show and almost all psychologists and profilers agree (from experience, study and the sex offenders' own testimony), that there is almost NO chance of a cure, especially in child molesters. That's why they came up with the idea of a "civil commitment", to keep these people behind bars after their insanely short jail terms are up, so they can't go back to molesting. (that happens almost inevitable and for as long as they can do it physically).
Regarding the statement above that "alot of men are falsely accused of rape"--1) why throw THAT into the mix? Got an axe to grind? 2) If anyone had an idea of what women go through after reporting a rape and how their lives are dissected in court and ruined publicly, they would believe the very REAL statistic that (in the U.S.) probably fewer than 39% female rapes are ever reported! For male rapes, it's around 10%. Sure, you get the occasional bitter girl recanting, but that is the exception, by far! To date, no reliable statistics have been produced on the percentage of "false reporting". Many who claim a huge amount of "false reports" have a cultural bias, believing women should either consent to sex (esp. in marriage) or that they are "vengeful" if turned down for sex. These factors make the reports too subjective to amount to any "proof" at all.
2007-03-07 13:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone can change if they truly want to , but sex offenders (in my personal opinion) are a whole other matter. They may say they are corrected but there will always be a need to feed there desires. Personally,I think death is the only correction for these people. They are sick, disgusting and many don't want correction.
2007-03-07 13:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Cajun_ Creater 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, but to me it doesn't matter as I don't think any violent criminal should get a second chance, period. By allowing law breaking violent criminals back into society, giving them a second or third chance, you are risking the lives of the law abiding citizens, and that is completely unacceptable.
I don't care that 1% of them might improve themselves. They violated the social contract and hurt an innocent person, why should we risk further good people so that they have a second chance to improve themselves?
2007-03-08 00:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by accorn34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's what I know...
1.) It's addictive. Offenders will have the urge to do it again, but go bigger, just like serial killers do.
2.) A pedophile will always be a pedophile. You can't reform his sexual preference, and once he's actually had a real victim, you can't convince him to go back to pretending by other means.
3.) Many men have been falsely accused of rape.
2007-03-07 13:00:38 · answer #5 · answered by Tink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure, but I don't want to take the chance with anyone's children. In other words, even if an offender has been "cured" I don't think that they should be given a a chance to repeat the crime.
2007-03-07 12:56:52 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
correcting and straightening out needs to come from the inside not from the outside.
2007-03-07 12:55:56 · answer #7 · answered by IKB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably can but your reputation with others in society will be tarnished. No one will trust you after that.
2007-03-07 13:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by GirlsDeadMonster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um..no. They can possibly refrain from doing anything, but the thoughts will be there, however fleeting.
I don't trust em' and don't want them around me or my daughter.
2007-03-07 13:17:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋