why does society seem to hate sex offenders more than other felons?

Question

Every felon has broken a law and has been punished and paid thier debt to society but lets say someone is released from prison on burglary or murder there is no registry for them they hardly ever make the news unless they commit another crime and when they do thier past is never brought up. If you think about it the justification to themselves is the same no matter what type of felony i just believe that extra punishment for one type of criminal is wrong they should all be treated the same after thier sentences are over and as for reoffending the three strike law is the best idea three strikes = life without parole

ok lets say a person man or woman offended one time went to prison was released and has never harmed another person adult or child should that offender be given a second chance or does everyone believe that they should be treated like the guy who has raped 50 people? i think that a one time offender who has changed his ways deserves the second chance because i have a friend who has changed and actually took the sex offender counseling in the missouri D.O.C. to heart and lives by it.

by the way i would like to know if a guy that breaks in and steals peoples stuff is living next door as well because they cannot seem to be cured either.

Answer 1

Society hates sex offenders becuase they hear that label and instantly think of pedophiles. Not all sex offenders are pedophiles. Myth: Sex offenders almost always reoffend.
Fact: Sex offenders re-offend at a rate below that of all offenses except homicide.
Source: USDOJ annual report, 2003.

Answer 2

Society hates them more because they prey on others who are more vulnerable, for no gain except for their own sexual satisfaction. Studies have shown that prison time, counselling or even castration will not stop a repeat sex offender from re-offending. The purpose of the registry is to allow the rest of society to protect themselves or their children from a dangerous offender. If your child was molested by someone who had already been convicted and then released after "paying their debt to society", you would be asking why the monster was allowed to live near you without any warning. How are you supposed to protect your kids if you don't know that a dangerous guy is nearby? They aren't put in prison to give them time to see the error of their ways, they're put in prison to keep them away from the rest of society.

Not all crimes are equal ... imagine a guy who gets into a fight on a Saturday night in the local drinking place. The fight gets out of hand, and the other guy dies from his injuries. The fighter has killed someone, and he deserves to be punished. Now imagine a serial killer, who stalks unsuspecting people and tortures them before killing them slowly. Are they the same? Do they present the same danger to society as a whole, once they've been released from prison? Who would you rather have for a neighbour? Putting a sex offender in the same category as every other felon just doesn't work.

Answer 3

WHAT? You are kidding right? Some states charge you with a felony for driving on a suspended lisence, so that does not put that person in the same category as a sex offender. Sex offenders should not be allowed on the streets at all, they are sick and should be put on a island with other sex offenders and do what they want to with each other. Look at John Couy here in Florida he will get the death penalty and he deserves it. But he will never be executed because his sorry lawyers will appeal his case for the next 30 years, so he will live on our dollar for sexually assaulting a 10 year old girl then murdering her.Check some of the cases around you and I bet you will change your mind, and if you dont go to all the children's family and tell them you think sex offenders are being singled out and they should be treated equal to other felons.

Answer 4

Because sex offenders take an innocent trusting child and abuse the trust they are given. The damage that they do is irreversible. A person who has been molested has an approximately a 70 percent chance of being abused again due to the vulnerability that they cause. Personally all the ******* should be shot. People who have been molested and don't get treatment will most likely have severe problems later in life and also quite frequently end up in other types of abusive situations.

Answer 5

Because some crimes are worse than others. Look at the last posting on this subject and you will see the recidivism rates I researched for these crimes.

Also: sitting in jail does not "pay your debt to society;" all it does is keep a criminal away from society. It does not in any way alleviate the suffering a criminal has caused. This is a catchy little phrase used by criminals to try to elicit unearned sympathy. I ain't buying.

Sex registries are for the public benefit. they work to help keep us safe. By your logic we should have to wait for 3 seperate convictions before anything is done.

Answer 6

You know, if you are one of those guys who slept with a 17-year-old and then she got mad when you broke it off and told the cops you raped her, then I do feel a little bad for you, even though you should have been smarter. But anything sexual involving young children is sick and inexcusable. I don't care what you say. Back in the 80's, I went to high school with several guys who later did time for things like robbery, even murder of another adult, but none of them would EVER consider harming a child for anything - they would sooner lay down their own lives. It's a very different kind of crime, committed by very sick people.

Answer 7

if youre not a sex offender what does it matter and if you are it just goes to show that sex offenders are more prone to reoffend, this law is to protect those who want to set themselves straight. the fact of the matter is that most sex offenders are going to reoffend and make another innocent member of the public a victim. who wants that, NOT the public and certainly not the victims family, if you are a sex offender and you feel the desire to reoffend, before you do, fill a tub full of water and keep a toaster plugged in near by and when the desire almost overtakes you, do us all a favor and knock the toaster into the tub with you in it.
Thats my two cents and you asked.

Answer 8

The registry is a great idea if it stops these predators from doing what their twisted sex is making them do. When a bank robber or other crime is charged his background does not come into it yes but when sentencing a criminal his previous crimes are part of the judges information when sentencing.

Answer 9

Anyone who has known someone or has had first hand experience with the deep dark wounds of sexual abuse as a child knows why this "offense" is in a whole different realm. Sexual abuse tends to stay with people their entire lives. People who have been raped and molested as small children can experience similar symtoms to Tortured Prisoners Of War. It's called Post Dramatic Stress Disorder. A young kid who is sexually abused may be tortured by just the memories, after the fact, for their entire lives, it shapes their whole idea of sex and their relation to it. They may suffer from horrible flashbacks later in life, Their future sex lives may be completely twisted and dysfuntional as a result of the abuse. The may have reoccuring nightmares their whole lives. Anxiety, irrational fear, it may haunt them for the rest of their lives, and they may themselves end up in prisonor another institution because of their inability to heal from those wounds. People need to understand how much it messes someone up to be sexually abused at a young age.

Answer 10

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