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Forum: In the News
Thread (Discussion): [WBBM Newsradio 780] State campaigns to promote use of sex-offender registry
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Message 132217 (In Reply to Message 132204)
Where did this come from?
Posted by Silverthorne
on May 01, 2004 12:01 AM | Also by Silverthorne
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"The average recidivism rate for a sex offender is slightly less than 50 percent, Madigan said. A person who commits sex crimes against women has an average of seven victims, while a pedophile has an average of 112 victims, she said."
Its the old "leave out some important information" combined with "totally false unverifiable information" trick again.
Lets disect it. Sure 50% of sex offenders reoffend. But what kind of offense? Remember that AZ study I posted? Sure it was around 45% for a new crime but only about 7% for a new SEX CRIME. Isn't sex crime the topic of the whole registry? So they leave out that little part about "7% new sex crimes". How convienent. Nor do they mention that OTHER criminals (like burglars and drug dealers) reoffend at over 60%!!!!!
Then theres the old "pedophile has 112 victims" deal. Well I can count on one hand the number of cases where I've seen a serial molester actually say he's had 200 victims. In therapy I NEVER met someone like this. Also shouldn't they say CHILD MOLESTERS and not PEDOPHILES?
I wish I were really rich I'd sue them for defamation.
Silverthorne
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Message 132204
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on Apr 30, 2004 09:37 PM | Also by steve
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132203, admin, Apr 30, 2004 05:33 PM [Introduction]
132204, steve, Apr 30, 2004 09:37 PM
132217, Silverthorne, May 01, 2004 12:01 AM [Where did this come from?]
132390, orolan, May 02, 2004 03:25 PM
132455, fallenone, May 02, 2004 09:51 PM
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