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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
if it's a child offender i would put cameras on his house from my house.
i don't have children but if I did I would ask them to leave and put pressure on them from the community and neighbors to do so as well.
the percentage of those people who get rehibilitation for that crime is ExTREMELY low according to the criminology stats. - THAT's SCARRY
if i caught someone messing with a kid in the act - not sure what I'd do but honestly I believe I'd be capable of murdering them in that instant.
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Which criminology stats, exactly? I keep hearing people say what you're saying, but I have never seen a single, actual study confirming it. On the other hand, I have seen reputable publications (such as the one posted above) saying the exact opposite, and giving numbers and sources.
Here's another source:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm
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# Sex offenders were less likely than non-sex offenders to be rearrested for any offense –– 43 percent of sex offenders versus 68 percent of non-sex offenders.
# Sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison –– 5.3 percent of sex offenders versus 1.3 percent of non-sex offenders.
# Approximately 4,300 child molesters were released from prisons in 15 States in 1994. An estimated 3.3% of these 4,300 were rearrested for another sex crime against a child within 3 years of release from prison.
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Recidivism among sex offenders actually is less than it is among other convicts. If they commit crimes again, most often by far these crimes are not sex crimes.
And, although it isn't explicitly mentioned here, one can derive from these stats that while sex offenders are more likely to commit new sex crimes than other criminals, new sex crimes are more likely to be committed by released "general" criminals than by released sex offenders. After all, sex offenders make up far less than a quarter of convicts, so if they are four times more likely to commit new sex crimes, the general population of convicts - being much larger - is a more significant threat in this area.