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Originally Posted by Libertine
That is simply not true. In fact, it's complete nonsense.
What studies show is that sexual offenders, and child molesters in particular, actually are way less likely than other criminals to repeat their crimes.
Here are some numbers from an Economist article:
http://www.economist.com/world/brita..._id=E1_VQTRPDT
The question whether even that small a risk should be taken is another matter. Still, to make an informed judgment, one needs to have the facts. (another fact: most sex offenders victimize people in their own circle of friends and family) |
It's hard to contest these stats and accept them at face value - but, - assume they were compiled accurately and the comment on them is balanced - gotta accept them
Will throw in my
anyways
Generally child abusers were probably victims and the perpetrate further abuse as adults - it's a vicious cycle. Each is different in that some can't see anything wrong with their offenses and others know very well what they are doing. It's also a "hidden world" where, as you said, most offenses are within family units and may never be recorded as stats (but with amazing levels of damage among victims).
Sadly this shit is dramatically increasing in the US - only reason I can think of is the "vicious cycle" syndrome where eg one person may commit ten offenses - and eg seven of these ten victims then perpetrate offences on others - and the virus spreads. It is also prob fair to say that an individual with one actual conviction is not the sum total of his/her offenses - they were busy offending before they got caught with enough witness testimony to make the charges viable. But, suppose the same thing applies to car theft etc