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Originally Posted by Ramrod
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Originally Posted by scastle
My point is in cases like this, surely it's better to prevent people from offending in the first place? Whatever is done to the paedophile after the event will not help the damage done to the victims.
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Maybe, with research, we will find a way to prevent Paedo's re-offending. Possibly some medical treatment, or counselling. I don't know.
Maybe we will find a deterrant. Clearly prison isn't that deterrent. Maybe it's because people don't believe they will get caught.
I think Diamond's point about the Death penalty not working is valid, as, although the death penalty is not currently used for Paedophiles (unless they murder a child), his point is that the US still has a high murder rate, despite having a death penalty in many states. The death penalty doesn't appear to work for preventing murders, and I don't think it would work for child abuse either.
As I stated earlier, I am not actually advocating Paedophile rights, just trying to come with a constructive way to stop them.