do you think paedophiles should receive longer jail sentences?

Question

what type of punishment do you think they should receive .i would like everyperson on yahoo to answer this ..thanks

Answer 1

Life in prison at the very least. I would not oppose the death penalty for these criminals. They cannot be rehabilitated and their crimes cause life-long damage to the victims.

I know that this will probably be an unpopular answer, but I don't really care. Anyone that can do those things to an innocent child has no redeeming qualities and by committing the crime has removed himself/herself from society.

Answer 2

First of all, one needs to know exactly what a pedophile is, and understand that all pedophiles are not molesters, and all molesters are not pedophiles. Just as rape is not about sexual pleasure; it's about violence, and power over a person.
According to the DSM-IV-TR, criterion (A.) Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a PREPUBESENT child or children (generally age 13 years or younger). Criterion (B.) The person has acted on these sexual urges, or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty. Criterion (C.) The person is at least age 16 years and at least 5 years older than the CHILD or CHILDREN in Criterion (A). Juvenile relationships do not count; if an 18 year old has a relationship with a 16 year old, this does not constitute a diagnoses of pedophilia.
Being a psychology major, paraphilias, which are a group of sexual disorders, such as exhibitionism, frotteurism, pedophilia, masochism, sadism, transvestic fetishism, voyeurism, and gender identity disorder are discussed often. As I have said before, this epidemic has been around for years, and is only known about now because of wide spread media coverage, and the internet. The disturbing news is that there is no known cure or exact cause for that matter. Should children be peotected from any type of abuse? YES! Should adults be protected from rapist and murders? YES! Should our senoir citizens be protected from elderly abuse? YES! Should there be registries for offenders other than sex offenders? ABSOLUTLY! I would really appreciate knowing if a convicted murderer was living next to me.
I feel that anyone who is a threat to themselves or the public should be institutionalized; however, there should also be more research performed to find a cause. If a cause is found, then possibly, there can be a cure.

Psychology Major/ Paramedic

Answer 3

Hey i totally agree I have registered offender on my street that has offenses with 5different girls ranging in age from 10-12 all in 2002 and he now lives next door to a 11and 12yr old girl how is this possible? I would rather live next to someone selling marijuana out of there dang house than a perv and its absolutely insulting to have to even think I would have to choose either! I think the pervs should all be place with a donkey that needs some lovin! Then killed by the hands of the victims family!

Answer 4

I think they should receive longer jail sentences, better psych evaluation and treatment, a lifetime ban on being around children (including their 'own'), and an instant life sentence should they ever re-offend. Something needs to be done to stop this cycle of abuse that seems never ending, it's easy to say "just lock them up and throw away the key", but realistically it's such a huge problem now in all societies that there needs to be some kind of intervention that STOPS as many potential abusers from offending as possible. I would also like to see a kind of lifetime monitoring on people who have been abused themselves and/or demonstrated early signs of abusive behaviour. I think often this is spotted early on in life, and then nothing more is done to prevent abuse occurring. As they say, prevention is better than a cure.

Answer 5

I don't know what the current average is. But I definitely think almost all criminals deserve longer sentences than they usually get, especially the ones who hurt children. And I think everyone who goes to prison should have a stamp on their uniform with the crime they committed so the pedophiles can get the crap beat out of them on a regular basis.
That having been said, there is a fine line between an actual pedophile and others that have to register as a sex offender. I read an article once about a man who had to register because he was caught peeing on the side of the road and charged with indecent exposure. I'm only talking about TRUE pedophiles who molest children.

Answer 6

A child molester should be kept in jail. Most child molester's were abused during their childhood and 90% will abuse children when they become an adult. Bleeding hearts call this a sickness, but the cycle has to stop somewhere and by keeping them in prison it will. How can you repair a 4 year old when they have been sexually abused? For that matter any child of different ages. Child molesters are monsters and should be sentenced to either castration or life in prison?

Answer 7

Your expectation to have 'everyone' on Y!A answer your question? is totally unreasonable -
just as is society's expectation - to have pedophiles 'cured', or adequately punished via the penal system currently in place. . .

These folks have aberrations (demons) of unhealthy sexual behavior, driving them to infringe on the rights of others - the most vulnerable and weak of society . . . this reality creates a need for 'healthy' society to make and utilize 'controls' on the aberrants within its numbers . . . there truly is NO proven 'cure' available - only curtail and control - meaning jail.

Answer 8

I've got a better idea: give them the regular sentences, but place them with the general prison population.

Answer 9

I think they should get castrated with no kind of anesthesia, just chop it off and hand to them and then while they're jumping around and screaming...they should be shot.

OK, who's the freak giving all the thumbs down? Are you a pedophile?

Answer 10

personally i do think jail is too good for them, i really do believe they should be castrated and made never to be released into society again.also makes me wonder about the person who is giving a thumbs down to the answers. seems to me that they agree with these in human people.