Is ped0phi|ia (not to be confused with child or adolescent molestation) incurable?  unmanageable?
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Sir, I can speak from personal experience on this subject. I am a pedophile. Pedophilia is incurable, but it can be managed. Management is entirely dependant on the pedophiles personal conviction to not offend or reoffend. In my case I abused many times before I was caught commiting an offense. I was on probation and in psychothearpy from August 1992 until August 1999. I am not proud of what I did but I am proud to say that the last time I offended was in late 1991. I continue to this day to use many of the tools I was taught in my thearpy. I avoid being left alone with children, I don't go to places where there are large numbers of unattended children (ie; arcades, movie theaters, playgrounds, etc). When I see a child that is attractive to me I leave. When I think of a child in an inappropriate way I try to distract myself by becomming active in some other thought process. These are only a very few examples of how to avoid, control and escape potentially dangerous situations. It takes a great deal of practice to make it so it is almost second nature.\n \nThe thoughts I do have of children will likely continue for the remainder of my life. That is a given, by the treatment providers. The thoughts are not the problem though, it is what you do with them that matters. Fortunatly, I have been able to keep them under control, and pray that I will continue to do so.\n\nI expect that I will recieve some negitive feedback after posting this. I hope that those that hate me for what I have done in my past will consider that I have made sincere efforts to change my life. I cannot undo the past. I can only control my actions for the future.\n\nAs far as pedophilia being a mental disease it is. Please click the link below and read all three pages on this subject. The second page deals specifically wit the fact that it is a disease.\n\n Hope this all helps
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I am not an attorney, but as a parent I would hope so.  I also thought if a child sex offender was released part of the parole would be to limit or cease all contact with children.
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And P is for Pedophile.
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Absolutely NOT! The vast majority of ALL sex offenders, including child molesters, commit the offense against someone they know well or against a family member.
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Yep, I think there should be a law that if you are guilty of aggravated assault on a child under 10 you should get the death penalty.  It seems like other crimes ie murder, drug etc under specific circumstantces I could be capable of these things, and I think I am a reasonable human being but child molestation? I don't have in me to do that. People that do are special type a of deviant. Some will say that they can't help it or that its similar to homosexuality, meaning that it was considered against nature until recently and that people can not help who they are 'attracted' to. But this is bulls hit; children will never have the mental matureness to consent to sex. Adults do. They have free will and should make appropriate decisions.  Castration is an option but there are plenty of ways to violate a child without a penis. Life terms, what's the point, just wasting money, and rehibilatation does not seem to work. I wish everyone would stop being so PC and bending over backwards protecting the civil rights of criminals. As a society we need to protect our weakest members. A day doesn't pass by that I don't read about a child molestation somewhere in America, the more we hear about it the more normal it seems and this is a dangerous place to be as a 'civilized' nation.
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The original intent of the Registries were for Sexually Violent Predators. Not the Romeo/Juliets, not the children who are exploring as children will sometimes do. There are states that have children on their internet registries as young as 11. There are states that will convict two 16 year olds of sexual assault against each other if they are caught having sex. That makes them both offender and victim. But it does not matter. If they are 16 and the age of consent is 17, then they are not old enough to consent. I wonder, how many of our esteemed politicians had teen consensual sex many years ago?\n\nRehabilitated former sex offenders are the least likely of all criminals to recidivate, with the exceptoin of murderers. Your child has a higher chance of being molested by someone known to the child and the parent. \n\nDo your research. Learn. That is what I have done. These registries are wrong, they are causing vigilante acts and one day, the rehabilitated offender is going to have a family member murdered by a vigilante. Perhaps if it is his/her child something will then be done about the registries. After all, the Government likes to make you think it is all for the children. It is actually all for the votes.
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NO! This information should not be made available! It is unconstitutional and in the majority of cases it is ex post facto and due process of law is not followed. \n\nFurthermore, rehabilitated former sex offenders have a 5.3% recidivism for re arrest and 3.5% recidivism for re conviction. Out of that 3.5%, 1.2% are recidivists who offend a child. The registries are nothing but feel good, knee jerk legislation. They have not and will not save one child. Your child has a larger chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, playground accident, drowning and parental neglect than they have of being harmed by a rehabilitated former sex offender. \n\n90 to 95% of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the child in their family or the families circle of friends, as well as, coaches, teachers, police and other people in positions of authority. \n\nStranger danger is not prevalent. You are the only one that can protect your child. Parental Supervision while the children are out playing or while they are on the internet is paramount to their safety.
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Yes, I think such websites should be more specific. There is a world of difference between an adult molesting a child and a teenager having a relationship with someone who is a couple of years younger but happens to still be a minor.
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That is so sad, I hope that that unperson piece of (insert what you want here) goes strait to jail. Go at it (the unperson) with all you got. Don't give up! Put it where it belongs!\nCan you tell I hate child molesters? Those @^#$*@!
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Well crimes in child pornography are taken very seriously. I was doing research for my job and came across an actual manual for officers dealing witht the release of sex offenders. For his crime I don't think that you are obligated to tell the neighborhood. The manual's pretty long but if you just skim thru it you'll see the hierarchy listing.
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On the leader board with a beast answer?  \n\nI'm not quite sure how to answer this question.  Molestation of children is never funny - whether it is a religious leader, a parent, a friend, or an unknown person to the child.  I think it is especially sad when it is someone a child, or the child's loved ones trusts - such as a religious leader.  But I hate to tell you that it is usually not religious leaders.  You would be more likely to make it to the leader board if you were to get a beast answer for every time a child was molested by a parent or step parent or relative.
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No.  Paedophiles admit themselves that they will reoffend.  They can't help themselves.  It's an overwhelming desire within them that drives them to such monstrosities.  However, it is possible that they are repentant, and that prison is extremely unmerciful for Paedophiles.  As such, they should be released from prison after their sentence is complete, and into full -time residential Psychiatric care, like a sealed community, into which no innocent children must ever venture.  It will remain a prison because it must be secure, but it will contain only child-molesters.  Psychiatric help should be available to these individuals as it may be that they have traumatic pasts themselves, but they should never, ever be released into society - ours or another.\n\nIt is true that this will rely on the tax-payer's money, but who would rather they roamed the streets amongst our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews than we paid a few extra quid to keep them locked away?\n\nP.S. Castration is a good idea in theory, but they still have hands and mouths... (sorry to be distasteful, but it's an ugly truth...)
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Pedophiles are almost always self identified straight men, no matter who the victim happens to be.\nIt's about power and control.  Not so much about sex.
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Well Rekha I would have loved to say yea it is , but it ain't , well actualy but even then u need not worry  because , it can be maintained wonderfully on drugs and has not lethal or life threatening consequences, actually diseaese are or two kinds , one which u acquire and there fore can be treated like infections fever and all that , one which u inheret , are in your genes , u can in certain cases control them to a certain limit but u cannot stop them from expressing themselves.and u would need to keep check with ur doc on regular basis okie don't self prescribe .
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I wasn't going to answer this one until I read Kaka's response.\n\nKaka;  you don't know what you are talking about.  Almost all children who get molested are little girls who get molested by a step father, uncle, or older cousin.  If you really understood who is doing the molesting in our society, you would rethink your opinion...  but understanding is probably not your strongest attribute.
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Not really. \n\n"Infantilism (paraphilic) is a certain psychological condition experienced by those whose level of physical maturity has clearly progressed beyond the life-stage of infancy. The defining aspect of this condition is the derivation of a profound sense of well-being or of a certain type of great pleasure that becomes associated with various infantile objects and/ or infantile roleplaying."\n\nIt is a form of mental instability in which the majority of people (mostly men) who are afflicted with it apparently have been abused as children (not all, but most of them).
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Good for you! Thank you for not signing that petition. Yes, there are many rehabilitated former sex offenders. The recidivism rate of sex offenders is the lowest for all crimes, with the exception of murder. A child has a higher chance of being harmed by a drug dealer/user, drunk driver, playground accident, drowning and parental neglect than they do by a rehabilitated former sex offender. \n\nAll parents need to realize that their children are a gift from God. They are to be vigilant in supervising them and teaching them. If you teach your children good touch/bad touch and what to do if a bad touch happens, make them aware of people around them and don't take your eyes off them they will be fine. I have raised three children and I am not raising two grandchildren. I do not utilize the registry. There is no need for me to as they are always under my watchful eye. \n\nGet to know your neighbor. Discuss his offense with him. It may be that it was a Romeo/Juiliet case or any other number of things. \n\nGod forgives all our sins. We need to learn to walk in the light of God. God forgives all sins, including sex offenses.