Kylaer
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I'm giving short, choppy answers because you've already made it clear that you're not interested in reading longer ones, since you've apparently skipped most of the thread.
I apologize, but please understand get very little time for this in a day, and I don't read very quickly, thus I limit myself to only two full pages in a day, on days I actually have time to check forums, and likewise two posting, and I had read one previously. The obvious response is, then wait till you have caught up, but I wanted to respond while the issue I was going to comment on was still fresh.
Kylaer
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Botched-up biochemistry, in pedophiles as it is in homosexuals. It's not something to "understand," nor is it something that can be changed with good-hearted actions.
Actually one can combat biochemistry through drugs, certain drugs designed to target certain neuro receptors in the brain can be used to inhibit almost any sort of biochemical system by occupying certain 'spots' and blocking the production of related stimuli. However neuroscience being used in this fashion rarely sees approval for testing these days, and it's still fairly new, so technology isn't quite a solution just yet.
And even if it is botched biochemistry, how it manifests and how said manifestations are significant. Say for instance that it's entirely sexually related, then put the offender on castrators (drugs that prevent sexual arousal) may be effective deterrent. Perhaps it has something to do with a pyschological need for 'experiencing' youthful 'vitality' if caught early enough such needs can be redirected. I've heard of pyschologists that treat potential sex-offenders by hireing prostitutes for them every now and again so that their desires are met, and as far as I have seen it seems to be effective. It sounds to me like there is little compassion here, wether we hate them or not it becomes helpful to show a face of rehabilitation over punishment, both to draw them out and because in the end to destroy a person in such a fashion takes away anything useful they may be able to provide. Though on that note I supposse one could round them up and use them as mass labour until they drop.
To Tyhm
I see....
I think your looking too deep, either that or pyscho-analyzing selfdestruct, I may be wrong but, he simply argues that as long as both parties are consenting the behaviour is acceptable. This simply brings into question whether a child should be allowed to consent, since there is a good chance that they do not know what is best for them. Though as I see now this is off topic and I shall not pursue it further.
To Ryven
Oh absolutely, schools are hard taxed as it is, (at least here they are) and another strain on their budget would be hard to handle. We have plenty of perfectly good potential teachers so replacement isn't that difficult, of course schools aren't the only problem environment but they seem to bear the greatest potential. Of course if taxes were raised you could put together some sort of investigative and monitoring comitee to monitor teachers and staff, get volunteers etc. maybe make it an extension of the PTA.
Which brings up another point there seems to be a lot of general focus, maybe this is due to lack of actual information, but maybe there should be a little more specific focus, as in classifying types not just by whether they are potential, proven, or committed. But where they lurk, how they do so, and why they go about doing so, I have a suspiscion(however you spell that) that not all pedaphiles are equal, there's an old saying that punishment should fit the crime, but perhaps it should be a punishment to fit the criminal. And that was my point with pulling apart Tyhm's anology, perhaps what were looking for here is not one of two answers but many dynamic answers, which of course may or may not change as technology and society evolve.... err.... grow, change, whatever.
To Abunai!
Knowing where to draw the line is an often debated Idea, and often times that line is fairly arbitrary or at least semi so, age requirements for instance what makes someone any more mature tomorrow then they were yesterday? Generally one would look at the statistics, observe certain prequisite features, behavioural trends, likeliness to commit, etc. and if they fall within a certain range of the mean, extended beyond just the traditional high percentage zone, better safe then sorry, then you classify them as being within that case. At least that's the way to do it with statistical reliability.
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Who do you trust to make these decisions?
Probably pyschologists with backgrounds in statistics, at least that's what I would say.
To Clay
Are you sure that such a place would be a good environment for molestors and such, the people that they may be associated with might have detrimental effects, or are we to ignore that potential basically considering the offenders rights as a human revoked? I don't mean to go to off topic but if we are treating them by offering potentials gaurenteed jobs would it not be plausable that some people might lie just to get work?