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Registering the Wrong People

By "eAdvocate"

1-5-2011 New York: Sex offender registries aren?t necessarily a bad idea. For whatever reason, there are certain people who get off on molesting little kids or raping people, and who are not likely to be rehabilitated by a stint behind bars. It?s how their sex drive is wired. If they get caught and go to prison, they?re not any less likely to stop doing it when they get out. That?s not how sex drives work. So they often reoffend. To minimize this, we put their names on a list, make them register with the local police department, impose restrictions on where they can live and what they can do. They?re basically on extremely limited parole for the rest of their lives. Their lives are basically over. The stigma is the worst our society can dish out...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).