Incredibly Sobering Article by Lavar Arrington

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Incest abusers often pick kids as substitutes for adults because they are easy to control. Pedophiles usually are a lot more disturbed and dangerous.

Could it be considered a form of mental illness? Born that way and there's no cure/fixing/whatever.

[ladypanther]

Could it be considered a form of mental illness? Born that way and there's no cure/fixing/whatever.

Antisocial Personality Disorder is a mental illness. Does not excuse the crime. Person still knows right from wrong.

[panthers55]

Could it be considered a form of mental illness? Born that way and there's no cure/fixing/whatever.

Most abusers are made not born that way. It is caused by environmental factors not genetics. The problem for pedophiles is that they prefer children not adults. Asking them not to abuse children is like asking a normal person never to have sex with a woman or man again. Most people don't stop they just get more sneaky about it.

[Montsta]

I don't believe in the death penalty but Sandusky will be murdered in prison regardless.

[Snake]

Getting a life sentence will be a death sentence in itself. Even convicts cant stand child molesters

He would be put into a cell by himself for that reason and not congregate with other inmates. They have actual cell blocks just for dirty cops, snitches, and pieces of poo like him.

[KendrickPanther]

The problem with pedophiles is there is no cure. There is no rehabilitation or correction. They will be pedophiles till the day they die. I wonder how many people out there have those sick thought and never act on them. It's probably an every day struggle to do the right thing for some people.

I'm glad I read that because it's a good reminder to never assume. Never waste a chance to help a situation.

[Montsta]

He would be put into a cell by himself for that reason and not congregate with other inmates. They have actual cell blocks just for dirty cops, snitches, and pieces of poo like him.

It is incredibly easy to get to a guy that's in AdSeg. Especially when it's a guy that prison guards with children will have zero desire to protect.

[KendrickPanther]

Lord on a tangent, I hope I never do anything wrong. Prison sounds like hell on earth. Think about that guy that was just exonerated in Cali.

[Montsta]

Lord on a tangent, I hope I never do anything wrong. Prison sounds like hell on earth. Think about that guy that was just exonerated in Cali.

I did 13 months in San Quentin when I was 19. It was really shitty and monotonous.

[JJT]

It's cruel and unusual. The state has no business murdering anyone. The case where the father protected his child is different. He caught the subject while he was engaged in serious sexual assault. By definition of the law he can use deadly force. He did so accidentally.

The state does not murder a person convicted of a capital crime. It removes him from our midst. He is judged no longer worthy to share the air of law-abiding people. It punishes him.

It's not murder.

[Snake]

It is incredibly easy to get to a guy that's in AdSeg. Especially when it's a guy that prison guards with children will have zero desire to protect.

I hope that's the truth cause pos like that don't deserve to relax. Hope they have to watch there backs 24-7.

[Iceberg Slim]

I think the message I got from that article was really about making sure you are listening and watching your kids behavoir, encouraging them to be truthful and honest and maintaining an open flow of communication with them. I know I try to do this with my kids but the larger message is that as a society we should be doing that for any kids that are in our sphere of influence.....

I believe 100% a pedi can not be rehabilitated, they only stop when they are caught, the only real deterent is castration

[panthers55]

I believe 100% a pedi can not be rehabilitated, they only stop when they are caught, the only real deterent is castration

Castration is not a deterrent just as the death penalty isn't for most criminals as most don't think they will be caught. It deters normal people like you and me who wouldn't kill someone or molest them anyway. And BTW, castration wouldn't necessarily stop someone from committing sex crimes either. And not all offenders are male although the large majority are. Just sayin...............

[Iceberg Slim]

Castration is not a deterrent just as the death penalty isn't for most criminals as most don't think they will be caught. It deters normal people like you and me who wouldn't kill someone or molest them anyway. And BTW, castration wouldn't necessarily stop someone from committing sex crimes either. And not all offenders are male although the large majority are. Just sayin...............

Seems to be working just fine in the Czech Republic, and from reasearching a bit it seems as if other countries are considering adopting it as a practice....your argument against castration and the death penalty is more morality based then data driven. Simply, the US has not adopted this practice so no real data is present because no studies have been done. Articles written about the veracity of this as a detterent seem to be mostly OP ED pieces written by folks that speak to the morality of castration, and apply meaningless opinions to support their belief that it is wrong. I say try it, take a study where you surgically castrate half of the study and chemically castrate the other half and see what the results are. As far as women pedi's, I don't have a solution for them, I am more concerned about the men because they represent as you said the larger portion of this population