Chapter 23: The Public and Pedophilia
Amy: Megan's Law has tremendous impact on both the public and the pedophile. There is frequent news coverage of the reactions of communities to the disclosure of the proximity of released convicts. Public outrage is wide and can be inflammatory. I find this legislation troubling and complex its position implies that pedophiles do not reenter society rehabilitated and that the prison experience does little to deter the offender from offending again. I agree with Amy when she says that the prison system has failed to treat pedophiles, however, Alan's letters prove that the pedophile cannot be cured. He wrote over and over about the inmates that had received therapy, when confronted with temptation returned to their old ways. Should our society treat a first time sex offender as harshly as we treat repeat offenders? I say yes. Show me proof that a pedophile can be cured and I may change my mind. All I know is once you are subjected to abuse your life is never the same. We should do everything to protect our children from pedophiles.
Alan: "Imprisonment is not and can never be a substitute for therapy. On top of this, imprisonment in a system that turns a blind eye to the repeated brutal treatment of your pedophiles does nothing but instill within them a sense of rage." page 193, para. 4 "I have heard of two different cases, both of which were young pedophiles subjected to abusive behavior during the period of their imprisonments; Both of these guys were released from prison. Shortly after their releases, both of them acted out sexually against young boys. In both cases, the victims of their second, post release crimes ended up being murdered."page 194, para 2. "When I was fourteen or so, and knew that I had a major problem, I also knew that there was no place to turn. My one parent who was aware of the problem simply did not know how to handle it and ended up refusing to admit that the problem existed. Had I admitted to other adults that I had fantasies and thought of unnatural sexual activities with little children. I would have been marked for life as some sort of freak and virtually cast out of society. For a teenage or younger pedophile today, nothing has changed. page 195, para 1. I tried to reach my younger brother to no avail. I knew he needed help and I tried to get him help but he would not cooperate. Was he afraid of being locked up? Yes. Did I think he needed to be locked up? Yes. I told my brother never to return to the small town where he was accused of improper behavior with a co-workers young son, and where he lost his job. However he returned to the boy and was caught in the boys home by the boys Mother. That was the incident that sent my brother to jail for 6 years. Did he receive any therapy in jail? He told my mother that he had not. Today he is released from prison and on the sexual offenders list. Do I think he has stopped abusing children? No! I believe there is no cure for pedophilia and once identified, they should be locked up for life with no access to children. One strike and your out!
Parents should check the list of sexual offenders in and around the neighborhoods their children play and walk to school in. They should check the list for all of the zip codes that are included in the school their children attend. This list is available. Understandably there are pedophiles that have never been caught, but at least this list is a starting place. If the parents or brother, aunt or uncle of one of the children in your child's school is a sexual offender, then your child could be at great risk of being abused at school. Alan wrote about many of his victims becoming pedophiles themselves.
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