mixedmedia

Proactive as in in-depth psychological investigation after a first offense. Should they really be given three tries (at getting caught)? Very often one or more children are dead by that time.

What is obvious is that people are so quick to scream 'pedophile' without really knowing what that is. What the difference is between someone who obsesses about having sex with children (very high recidivism) and one who has sex with a child for other psychological reasons (very low recidivism). Yet, we treat them all the same - and we default to the latter category in our justice system. So, in essence, my point of view is not that much different than yours. Just more specific.

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But I tend to favor detention to castration...for one thing, I am not convinced that disorders like pedophilia are solely sexual in nature. I'm not convinced that a castrated pedophile would necessarily be safe.

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