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Originally Posted by Mr. Plumbean
Yeah, it's like people get pissed at the actual idea of rehabilitation, let alone civil treatment of offenders. They are titillated with the idea of prison rape and relish stories of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation" techniques.
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But consider too all the non-offenders. I think society would benefit a great deal if we were able to study the shit out of abstaining pedos. Most of our data know comes from known, convicted offenders. But for the large numbers of people who can manage to live their lives without victimizing anyone — it would really be worth knowing how they do it, if their brains are different than their offending peers, if there are identifiable risk indicators that could be used for prevention programs etc.
Instead we get: "You should be beaten to death just for having that thought in your head." That's not helpful or productive.
I was disappointed that Jeffery Dhamer went to prison instead of being incarcerated permanently in a mental helath facility. I think a lot more could have been learned by studying him 24/7.
Er... I guess that sounds like experimenting on prisoners.
That's not how I mean it, I swear!