tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post3881056582595917395..comments2024-03-20T19:17:02.285-07:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: Gender twist on "post-apocalpytic trolls"Karen Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-29579855553484307532010-01-12T14:33:54.979-08:002010-01-12T14:33:54.979-08:00Many people say sex offenders cannot be rehabilita...Many people say sex offenders cannot be rehabilitated. However, the Texas State Auditor in 2007 released a report showing that sex offenders who completed the Texas Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) were 61% LESS LIKELY to commit a new crime. That seems to show promise.<br /><br />After all, in 2002, the US Dept. of Justice reported that only 5% of sex offenders released in 1994 returned to prison for a new sex crime.<br /><br />Yet we spend millions on registration of more than 650,000 sex offenders in the US based on information available in the early 1990’s when research on sex offenders was poorly funded–if it was even considered.<br /><br />Treatment works. The research shows this.<br /><br />See–<br /><br />“An Audit Report on Selected Rehabilitation Programs at the Department of Criminal Justice.” Texas State Auditor. March 2007. Report No. 07-026. Retrieved Oct 20, 2009. http://www.sao.state.tx.us/reports/main/07-026.html. <br /><br />US Dept of Justice Report on Sex Offender Recidivism http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/rsorp94.pdfx684867https://www.blogger.com/profile/16730572940516063071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-36016047349897823902009-12-18T16:43:31.067-08:002009-12-18T16:43:31.067-08:00Well do you want her living next door to your chil...Well do you want her living next door to your child? I don't. She wants to be near her family, send her away WITH her family to the middle of a desert somewhere. It seems she was given plenty of options but made the choice to stay where she is. Well, stay there then. She gave up her rights and no one put a gun to her head. I only feel sorry for her victim. She can rot in hell..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com