http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06053005.html
I'm really looking forward to how many votes they'll collect on the next election. it'll be a great evaluation about the number of perverts in the Netherlands.

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i never said anything about lack of supervision, indeed i sugegsted segragation. but that's not the same as prison as far as i most people define it.sprunkner wrote:Hey, I work with rapists and pedophiles. Mine are mentally retarded, but otherwise are capable of living normal lives, holding jobs, and having friends. It still doesn't mean I think they should be unsupervised.
I guess many would say I'm in the wrong if I call it bollocks, but meh.. It can be skipped. PASS.Professor Smooth wrote:For some reason, this seems like a good time to bring up Alan Moore's neweset graphic novel, Lost Girls. Thoughts from those who know about it?
ok, punishment as part of rehabilitation is something very differnt to the tabloid rhetoric that tends to fly around this topic. Which is what i was reminded of by your initial post - apologies.sprunkner wrote:Right. I should have said that I believe prison time, when it's suitably unpleasant, helps with the rehabilitation. Most of the people I work with have served prison time at one point for a serious crime, and it was a good form of negative reinforcement. The one guy with whom I work who seems most interested in truly reforming himself is the one who served the most prison time, and who will every once in a while say "I don't want to go back to prison." The one who keeps perpetuating problem behaviors to the greatest degree has never suffered any real punishment for what he has done.
I believe in segregation and treatment, surely, but there must be some initially strong negative reinforcement to initiate a change. People don't just stop being pedophiles because they're kept under supervision, given therapy and behavior plans, and have positive reinforcement used on them. There must be some strong impetus for change.