This is not the alt-right, this is the culmination of well over 30 years of legitimized racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, intolerance, science denying political philosophy and world view. This is establishment Republicanism in its most transparent and shameful and disgusting form. This is what they created and…

Confirmed.

Yeah, it’s depressing. How many women have had sex with a guy they did not want to have sex with because they thought it was easier than just saying “no” and trying to fight him off?

Of course, and thank you for your reply. I mean it when I say it’s a privilege to get to hear your story and talk to you about it and to have that trust.

Oh absolutely. These studies ONLY account for offenders who were caught, jailed, released, AND caught/jailed again.

Thanks for sharing this. Just from an anecdotal understanding there is a particular class of pedophiles/predators who are incredibly skilled at infiltrating families and communities through attaining positions of trust, and getting away with crimes for decades, and even forever. Catholic priests, the man who abused…

What I wonder about, is whether the reason convicted offenders have such low recidivism rates is because of the restrictions and close observation of their lives. It makes it easier to not reoffend when your oppertunities to do so are limited and you are under some level of authority supervision.

Vice versa. Asking me to believe a self reviewed success rate by a governmental judicial system that has a long history of sweeping sexual assault under the rug and massively under-prosecuting is ridiculous enough. Getting self righteous and indignant when I express extreme doubt that this is an effective plan and…

Hasn’t there also been a massive problem that the data in the system is heavily inaccurate/out of date? This was a few years back, they were covering something with offenders and found that locally the public facing databases were so inaccurate that offenders in the area weren’t on there and one that had moved out…

No disrespect to you because I very much appreciate your response. But, no. The vast majority of sexual assaults go unreported. Of those reported around 3% are prosecuted. Then labor that to happen twice to one offender? The chances are outrageously minuscule.

As someone who has been abused as a child, I totally have to disagree with this. I don’t think the problem is in the punishments; it’s in the charge. Some people should not be convicted as sex offenders in the first place (i.e. 18-year-old guy above who had consensual sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend, or guy who…

3 out of 100 reported sexual assault cases are prosecuted. Most sexual assaults go unreported. In order to establish recidivism prosecution has to happen to one offender more than once. That statistical likelihood is so very, very tiny- so concluding that these programs are effective??? It seems absurd. How do you not…

That’s worth thinking about. I was osbstinate because my thinking was that many of the offenders probably had all of these things BEFORE they offended and it certainly didn’t stop them. I still think the concept is a bit hinky. Because of 3 out of 100 sexual assault cases actually leading to prosecution. Then needing…

That’s because they’re based on recidivism rates, which looks at those who are convicted again. Given that the vast majority of rapes aren’t even reported, let alone prosecuted (successfully or not), the official recidivism rate doesn’t mean much.

Molestr?

I don’t know what to think about solutions and consequences for sex offenders. I understand a tier system and scaling actions around those designations.

The recidivism statistics are based on arrests and convictions. Many rapes and sexual abuse situations go unreported. I think it’s reasonable to assume that at least some of the sex offenders are repeat offenders who just never get caught. And there’s a world of difference between a one-time college date rapist and a…

I’m not really even on board with the first sentence of this article. Sex offenders, like most of us, have cars. They also have relatives, and those children are far more at risk than the ordinary child on a playground. Quite a few sex offenders shouldn’t be released, ever. The rest would benefit far more by…

They are. They’re just not likely to be prosecuted for it.

Really? I thought rapists, at least, were likely to do it again. Hm.