Can Sex Offenders Ever Be Rehabilitated Essay

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1. Villines, Zawn. "Can Child Molesters Ever Be Rehabilitated." Www.goodtherapy.org. N.p., 15 June 2012. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. . Experts have come to an agreement that people who molest children are in one of four categories: 1. They are either children or teenagers who are sexually curious. 2. Adults with a mental health problem, or intellectual disability. 3. People with antisocial personalities. 4. Pedophiles older than 16.
2. "Debate: Castration of Sex Offenders." Debate: Castration of Sex Offenders. DEBATEPEDIA, 13 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 Jan. 2017. . Sexual abuse is one of the worst crimes a person can commit. Sexual offenders should be punished, either through jail time or for some people castration. Some say that castration is worse than the …show more content…

Freeman-Longo, Rob. "Myths and Facts about Sex Offenders." Myths and Facts about Sex Offenders. The Center for Sex Offender Management, Aug. 2000. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. . Myth: Most sexual assaults are committed by strangers: Fact: Most sexual assaults are actually committed by someone the victim or his /her family know. Whether the victim is an adult or a child, a large percentage of the victims know their assailant.
14. "Chemical Castration Pros and Cons List." Chemical Castration Pros and Cons List. NYLN (National Youth Leadership Network), 17 June 2015. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. . Chemical castration is the process where the testosterone levels are reduced by use of medication. Some people think that the reduction of the level of testosterone in sex offenders will keep them from re-offending. Others think that forcing someone to be medically treated violated the person's constitutional rights.
15. Hodge, Eric, Rebecca Martinez, and Phoebe Judge. "Criminal: Castration or Prison?" Criminal: Castration or Prison? Wunc.convio.net, 18 Mar. 2016. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. . 24 year old female in Anderson South Carolina was meeting the father of her child at a motel. The subject Roscoe Brown and two of his friends brutally raped the 24 year old for approximately five to six …show more content…

Vaillancourt, Samantha. "CHEMICAL CASTRATION: HOW A MEDICAL THERAPY BECAME PUNISHMENT AND THE BIOETHICAL IMPERATIVE TO RETURN TO A REHABILITATIVE MODEL FOR SEX OFFENDERS." CHEMICAL CASTRATION: HOW A MEDICAL THERAPY BECAME PUNISHMENT AND THE BIOETHICAL IMPERATIVE TO RETURN TO A REHABILITATIVE MODEL FOR SEX OFFENDERS. Wakespace.lib.wfu.edu, Dec. 2012. Web. 15 Jan. 2017. . This paper was written as a Thesis to the Graduate Faculty at Wake Forest University. In this paper the author states that an average of nearly 210,000 Americans over the age of 12 are sexually victimized each year. The author suggests that 16% of girls and 7% of boys under the age of 13 experience sexual