rehabilitation of pedophiles

[swatiraohnlu]

The UK Police admitted there are too many pedos to monitor and track effectively. Furthermore, once they have been caught, they leave and they re-offend, they cannot be 'cured'. There was once a report that there were eight hundred thousand pedophiles in the United Kingdom. It is not possible to imprison all of those, so do you think execution as a way of tackling these dangerous serial re-offenders would be acceptable?

 

[swatiraohnlu]

Scientific data does not support the opinion that pedophiles cannot be treated. But the research on this topic is horrendously ill-defined. The definition of "children" ranges from infant to 18; the definition of molestation is just as vague.

In some cultures, mothers stroke or suck the penises of their infant boys to soothe them. In other cultures, mothers have their infants suck and stroke their breasts. Should they be executed?

Some cultures marry 14-year-old girls to 40-year-old men. Are those men pedophiles, incapable of rehabilitation, who should be sent to the gas chambers?

What type of parents are exposing their children to pedophiles? Only 5% of "child molesters" are strangers to the family. What are the warning signs? What are the long-term effects on the victims? Are the effects of a single instance more traumatic because of the incident or b/c of the parents' reaction?

It's a troublesome issue, but one that has been vastly overstated, and conclusions and assumptions have been a leap-frog game of opinions and anecdotes.

 

[swatiraohnlu]

Although I agree pedophilia is a disgraceful crime, I do not agree with government intervention under any circumstances, and thus do not agree with official executions. However, I believe the general public should be made aware of paedophiles in their local area - how the public reacts to this information and how the public demonstrates their hatred towards the individual paedophile, be it violence or whatever, should then be made legal. Surely this would be a far greater punishment than death?

 

[dimpy.handa]

I am not one of those people. I do not think that a pedophile can ever be rehabilitated. I think that pedophilia (also known as paraphilia in the medical field) is a disease that is incurable. There has been cases of pedophiles molesting a child again only hours after getting out of prison. Most pedophiles are absessive which means that they are driven by strong urges. These urges are often so strong that they can literally not restrain themselves. Despite this though, convicted child molesters and pedophiles have one of the lowest repeat offense rates of all criminals.