Is this any way to live?:
- 22% of boys, and 23% of girls are sexually victimized before age 8.
- 1 in 7 victims of sexual abuse were victimized under age 6.
- 67% of sexual abuse victims are under the age of 18.
- 95% of teenage prostitutes have been sexually abused.
- It is estimated that there are 60 million survivors of sexual abuse.
- Children with disabilities are 4 times more vulnerable to sexual abuse than their non-disabled peers.
- The "typical" child sex offender molests 117 children on average, most do not report it.
- 60% of convicted sex offenders are on parole or probation right now.
Before anything can be done, the definition of sex offenses would have to be changed permanently. It would have to stand for justice, not teenagers' parents getting mad and condemning a young life as a sex offender. If you break the law, you break the law, no in-between. After that, these real, actual sex offenders should be chemically castrated, and placed in an enclosed work camp for life.
As it currently stands, the courts definition of a sex offense is; "crimes of a sexual nature". For example, distribution of obscene material is a misdemeanor, rape is a felony. But while this definition sounds concretely solid, the charges can be ridiculous. Your punishment would depend upon the type and severity of the specific offense you are being charged for. Conviction of a misdemeanor is punishable for up to a year in county jail, probation, fines, or a combination of all three. Conviction of a felony can result in penalties as a misdemeanor, or state prison for up to life. But the penalty assigned by the court for a felony depends on the specific crime committed, as well as the specific circumstances of the offense and criminal history.
But out of 8,000 people convicted of a felony sex crime in California each year 39% go to state prison, 5% are supervised on community probation, 1% county jail, and community probation. This obviously isn't working. Even murderers get a longer sentence, and at least those victims don't have to live on in pain.
In 2006 the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in California proposed that the Department of Mental Health of California screen the offenders to determine whether they meet the criteria for a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP). Currently the law describes an SVP as "a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent assault against 2 or more people and who has a diagnosed mental disorder that makes the person a danger to the health and safety of others in that it is likely he/she will engage in sexually violent criminal behavior.". After they meet that check list of society-damaging behaviors they are placed in rehabilitation mental hospitals. But 80% of these individuals fall within normal inelegance ranges.
Alabama has a new bill that states; "...that those who receive mandatory minimum sentences, that means no parole, no probation, no good time, no split sentences, that means you are going to prison. They will not wear bracelets for 20 years, because they will be in prison for 20 years. After that prison term, convicts will then have to wear an electronic bracelet for the next 10 years.". Which I agree with, except for the tracking bracelet, that would require more commitments than what already isn't there. And for that matter, is a 30 year time out enough time to "recover" from their "lifestyle"?
The "cure" for pedophilia ranges from group therapy, a myriad of sex-drive reducing drugs, castration, and individual therapy. Most, if not all sexual assaults aren't because of sex, it's their way to get total control over a person; by invading their personal space.
Although the sex-drive reducing and chemical castration drugs cause side effects such as heart disorders, back pain, respiratory disorders, night sweating, rachiopathy (suffering), osteoporosis, etc. They have been found at least a little helpful in preventing recidivism. Some studies have found that reports of sex offenders who have had this particular treatment have suffered depression, anger, a felling of inadequacy, and isolation. Much similar to the shopping list of pain their victims suffer. For too long sex offenders have had painless punishments, now is the time for them to suffer the same as their victims. Even criminologists say that castration "must be looked upon as the best social measure for and treatment of sexual criminals and abnormal sexuals in general. Whatever ethical, physical, or psychological problems castration might pose, from a criminological point of view it is effective.". But that alone is not going to do the trick, I think something much like Joe Arpaio's self-sufficient prison camp in Maricopa County of Arizonia would be exactly what we need to prevent hurt generations.
An online journalist John Rossamando reports in The Daily Caller on August 15, 2011 about a group of psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and pedophiles may be able to revise the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) by 2013.
Another group looks upon pedophilia as a sexual orientation rather than a mental disorder. Dr. Hubert Van Gijseghem, psychologist and retired professor at the University of Montreal told Parliament members; "True pedophiles have an exclusive preference for children, which is the same as having a sexual orientation.". Another expert Dr. Vernon Quinsey, professor of psychology at Queen's University in Ontario says; "There is no evidence that this sort of preference can be changed through treatment or anything else...It's not necessarily that they need to change their sexual orientation; they need to learn how to control themselves, with our help."
But I think that with a combinations of hardcore prison sentences, chemical castration and work camps such as Joe Arpaio's we could be free.
**Dang, I'm bad at spelling lol, hope it was informal and interesting :) Please leave your comments.
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