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</s>You know i read somewhere that sex offenders that get treatment, 93 out of 100 never re-offend...... Anyone with any common sense knows that if you torture someone they will tell you whatever you want to hear to get you to stop. Same with someone who has been accused in the legal system and who does not have an good enough defense to save him or herself.<e>
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First off, torture tactics arent QUITE that easy... ask anyone thats trained in them (special enforcement agencies including military)<br/>
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second - could you quote where your stats come from? <br/>
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</s><FONT font="verdana,helvetica,arial"><s><FONT font="verdana,helvetica,arial">[FONT=verdana,helvetica,arial]</s><SIZE size="2"><s><SIZE size="100"></s>Studies that tracked groups of sex offenders over their lifetimes found that 52 percent of diagnosed pedophiles who molested boys committed another sex crime while nearly 40 percent of rapists who targeted adult women offended again, according to the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse.<br/>
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</s>Multiple research studies have found that between four and 10 percent of offenders who targeted children in their families committed new sex offenses after their convictions, the association says. By contrast, a 1995 study found that offenders who targeted boys unrelated to them had recidivism rates of 35 percent.<e></SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT><e>[/SIZE]</SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT><br/>
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</s>All this research comes with important caveats, most significantly that official recidivism rates in sex crimes are likely to be artificially low because a significant number of offenses are believed by experts to go unreported.<e></SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT><e>[/SIZE]</SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT><br/>
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</s> Given the widespread underreporting of sex crimes, she said, a significant number of sex offenders have likely had multiple victims by the time they finally get arrested. But she said that an arrest — and the public shame that comes with it — is for many offenders the "line in the sand."<e></SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT><e>[/SIZE]</SIZE></e></SIZE><e>[/FONT]</e></FONT></r>