Reply #20: "Pedophiles never "recover".." [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

That is another part of the myth that the RW pushes.

Pedophiles who serve their time and GET COUNSELING have no higher rate of recidivism than any other type of criminal.

They should receive intensive counseling both during their prison time and after their release. The first inescapably connects their behavior with their punishment, while the second provides a support system when they are back in the real world and are confronted with the type of temptations that they succumbed to in the first place -- it's easy to be 'cured' when there is no such temptation.

Of course, I'm talking about the more common variety -- child killers are too far gone and should never see the light of day again.

But they should still get psychiatric help.

Prison, alone, does nothing.