I intern at one of the very few rehabilitation places in the nation that takes registered sex offenders (it's not only for sex offenders though). They talk about treatment, especially for child molesters, and I'm extremely skeptical. I technically did not pick this place to intern at. I had to pick my top 5 choices out of about 17 places. This place was in my top 5 and it was the only one that was available at the time. I did not research beforehand (my mistake), so I was not aware that they take so's until about a few weeks into it. Do you honestly think that treatment "fixes them?" Sounds like such a huge liability. Any honest thoughts are welcomed. Thanks.
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During the years I spent rolling in the catnip of divorce, I came across ( pun intended) a guy that was one of the first victims who's family made a stink about him being sexually active with both Priests and older Alter Boys. He was the youngest of 6 and the only boy. His parents told him nothing about the evils of heterosexual sex, heaven forbid homosexual sex. He told me that at the time he did not object. It felt great, they were not hurting him. He liked it until news got out and his parents went wild and the community was outraged. I believe the family moved out of state and the subject was strictly forbidden. He had an uneventful school experience. He married a woman and had two children, both boys. They were divorcing and he had 50% custody. I was not comfortable with him thinking it was OK to have a girlfriend over when his boys were 10 to 12 years old. Then he admitted he had never seen the kids naked. That was the end for me. Too wierd. It stands out for me that he was the only man I heard of that did not believe that he was harmed by his experience. I wonder if there were others.
ForTheBirds
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Mar 13, 2020
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Unfortunately victims of sexual abuse sometimes feel that they love their abusers. Iāve not come across an experience like your friends before though, all of the males I know were unhappy about their abuse, one killed his abuser and served his sentence for it.
The most difficult situation I know of was a sibling group where an incestuous situation developed, the older child instigating, and when they were removed from the home the younger two claimed to want them back as they were in love. The parents had little insight into the situation; very messy 
I work with sexual offenders and recent studies in Australia show that recidivism rate for sexual offenders is 13% compared to the recidivism rate for violence offences around 70% so treatment is very effective. Having said that, if you can't work with these people in a non-judgemental manner you need to tell your supervisor that it's a problem because you risk making things worse. I am surprised that you are so sceptical of treatment. If you don't believe in the effectiveness of rehabilitation why are you choosing that as an occupation?
Read my post on feb26th.
Cyklone
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Mar 12, 2020
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@VeronikaAnnJ It is a very difficult area to work and even amongst professionals it is best to only work in that area part time. But, be judgemental, that's human but don't be sceptical of treatment, it works very effectively and it is better to help the perp so that you don't have to treat the subsequent victims. Especially as the other option, shoot 'em, isn't legal.
As I understand it, ones that have been doing it awhile and are habituated to the behavior pretty much are a lost cause. Ones who were caught early, and want to be treated, can be.
Druvius
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Mar 12, 2020
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@VeronikaAnnJ Yeah, I think there are people that just need to be kept isolated from society for the safety of society. Not necessarily in a prison. Dunno, it's a tough one.
@VeronikaAnnJ If there were simple solutions to societies' problems, the world wouldn't be such a mess. Even worse, people implementing simple solutions often make things worse. Especially if they are solutions from, say, Iron Age religious allegorical literature. 
Not so. There are hardened cases that should never be released but they are a minority. The horror or the crime hides the fact that in the overall picture sexual offender treatment programmes are extremely effective; one of the most effective rehabilitation programmes we have.
@Druvius actually recidivism rates are a lot lower than for other crimes, but that doesn't change the disgust that people feel towards this crime. With regards to murderers like bundy, if there were a way to always be 100% sure, then I'd consider the death penalty but unfortunately there is ample evidence that innocents have been executed. Also, because I don't believe in any post death penalties I suspect that a life in prison is far more painful than a quick death. It's a pity that they don't have hard labour any more though.
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