[Vision2020] Sex Offender

Tue Mar 8 13:43:31 PST 2011

I strongly recommend that folks click on the link that Ron Force (thanks,
Ron) provided and listen to the NPR interview.  Actually, the offender that
is discussed had two particularly violent offense in addition to the 90
other that he admitted to.  Steven Sitler has admitted (but was not charged
with dozens of child molestations) because of his plea deal.  By any
standard (except legally) he is a serial offender.  The reason that I
enclosed the word therapy in quotes was because many serial pedophiles (and
other serial sex offenders) are sociopaths.  There is no therapeutic
approach that I am aware of that effectively treats, and certainly none that
will cure a sociopath.  It is my sense that the victims of sexual predators
may suffer a life-time of damage as a consequence of the molestation (as the
psychiatrist suggests during the radio interview),  therefore, a life
sentence for the perpetrator seems equitable to me.

Rose Huskey

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Joe Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:40 PM
To: Ron Force
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender

This is a tricky issue. 

On the one hand, I don't have much of a problem telling someone like John
Rydberg, who has admitted to more than 90 sex offenses (see link below),
that he should remain incarcerated. 

On the other hand, even if we suppose that there is a 75% recidivism rate
for sex offenders, you're still talking about the unjustified punishment of
25% of them if the suggestion IF the suggestion is something like the "civil
commitment sex offender treatment program" that Minnesota has. 

Not that Rose or anyone else is suggesting that. So far the point is that
sex offenders should not be allowed early release and that is a no-brainer,
as it is with the early release of any violent criminal (unless there are
extenuating circumstances). 

But the overall issue of what to do with sex offenders, how long they
deserve punishment, and whether incarceration in the form of treatment after
punishment is a viable option is a very difficult issue, though one that
needs much attention.

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

A pertinent story from Here and Now" this morning on NWPR:

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

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From: "betsyd at turbonet.com" <betsyd at turbonet.com>
To: Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>; vision 2020
<vision2020 at moscow.com>; Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 11:37:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender

Couldn't agree with you more!

Bets

-----Original message-----
From: "Rosemary Huskey" donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0800
To: "'vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com, "'Sunil Ramalingam'"
sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Sex Offender

> A juried review of recidivism, therapeutic modalities, etc. for sex
> offenders: http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html
> 
> The type of offense appears to have some impact of the likelihood of
> reoffending, (which is high at any rate amongst non-incest child
molesters).
> There seems to be  disagreement among professionals about what constitutes
a
> re-offense.  For example, does re-offense mean an arrest, a conviction, or
> probation violation?  And, of course, no one, except the perpetrators and
> the victims really know what that rate is. What is clear is that it is
> underreported.  Whether the rate (including perpetrators in regular group
> "therapy" and I also use quotes) is 50% or .5% the possibility that
> convicted child molesters will continue to troll for and abuse children is
> too high.  As for specifics, Steven Sitler was jailed in Latah County for
> almost a year and did in fact drive himself (alone), to the
> Lewiston/Clarkston area regularly for "therapy."  And yes, there were
> controls in place in terms of time driving and mileage etc.  nonetheless,
it
> was, in my opinion, a risky situation.  I ask you and other 2020
> contributors, as I did the leaders of Christ Church who support him in his
> upcoming marriage, would you allow Steve Sitler, given his horrendous
> history of child molestation, unlimited, unsupervised access to your young
> children?  No therapeutic professional would guarantee that Mr. Sitler, or
> others with similar criminal histories, can be "cured"  consequently no
> thoughtful adult should trust him around any children.  And, yes, I would
> gladly pay  more in taxes to keep offenders with a history like Mr.
Sitler's
> in jail until he is 80 years old.  His life time probation offers
absolutely
> zero protection to his potential victims.  
> 
>  
> 
> Rose Huskey
> 
> 
> 

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