tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post333894577365863892..comments2024-03-20T19:17:02.285-07:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: Blogger urges new paradigm for sex offendersKaren Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-36688216259889087862012-02-28T11:00:48.362-08:002012-02-28T11:00:48.362-08:00Shelly,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The prob...Shelly,<br /><br />I agree with you wholeheartedly. The problem is that people react emotionally, out of fear or anger, and when emotion comes into play, rationality goes out the window. I have discovered through experience that many people don't care about statistics or facts; they will believe what they want to believe regardless.<br /><br />As for the courts, their policies seem to serve the emotion and beliefs of the mainstream public, not empiricism or scientific evaluation.<br /><br />Where does change begin in a nation where hysteria reigns and public fear takes precedence over rational behavior?<br /><br />Is that too philosophical? Sorry. I'm trying to stay away from moralizing. That's typically not me.researcheronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576084808353132904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-214607011368528862012-02-27T05:03:11.401-08:002012-02-27T05:03:11.401-08:00Thanks Karen, you're right, I missed that.Thanks Karen, you're right, I missed that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126155782902141924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-62290976245446291962012-02-25T06:39:44.568-08:002012-02-25T06:39:44.568-08:00Thank you, Karen, for an excellent article. I read...Thank you, Karen, for an excellent article. I read Mr. Brandt's words..."We have very solid empirical evidence to challenge current misguided public policies. We need to get good research to the right folks. We need to infuse policy makers with the necessary information for bureaucracies to champion productive recommendations into meaningful change…. If we use our knowledge and expertise to educate the public, inform our colleagues, and persuade policymakers that best practices should emanate from good science, we might not have to settle for incremental changes. We can help create new paradigms…," and they are so logical and seem so obvious and reasonable, and then I read stories from family members of registrants or from registrants themselves, people caught up in the sex offender nightmare, people whose lives are destroyed and who have given up hope, and it is difficult to remain optimistic that the logical, the obvious, or the reasonable will every prevail.ShellyStowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898245528183300658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-59892813335509280722012-02-24T10:03:01.888-08:002012-02-24T10:03:01.888-08:00Shana,
There are a few different figures. You'...Shana,<br /><br />There are a few different figures. You're thinking of the percent who were actually returned to prison on a new sex offense conviction, not the percent arrested. As Jon Brandt reports it in the post:<br /><br />"A 2012 report just released on Sex Offender Recidivism in Connecticut confirms that recidivism for sexual offenders continues to be extraordinarily low. In a five-year review of 14,400 men released from prison in 2005, of the 746 parolees who had served a prison term for a sex crime, only 27, or 3.6 percent were arrested and charged with a new sex crime; 20, or 2.7 percent were convicted; and 13, or 1.7 percent were returned to prison with a sentence for a new sex crime."Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-23434120111376361992012-02-24T08:35:05.341-08:002012-02-24T08:35:05.341-08:00Where did you get the 3.6% re-offense rate? In the...Where did you get the 3.6% re-offense rate? In the CT study that was just released on 2/15, I read the re-offense rate for new sex crimes committed by sex offenders was 1.7%.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126155782902141924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-84336699293192826992012-02-24T07:12:22.190-08:002012-02-24T07:12:22.190-08:00You are correct. My understanding is that the man,...You are correct. My understanding is that the man, Ray Hubbard, was provisionally released in 2000 and did not reoffend sexually, but broke other rules, including trying to move out of state. Here's more detail, from an old story in the Star-Tribune:<br /><br />"Hubbard's provisional discharge had many conditions, including reporting his progress regularly to the MSOP. For more than three years he lived outside its facilities. But in April 2003, Dr. Anita Schlank, then the MSOP's clinical director, revoked his discharge. According to records, she'd learned that he'd traveled out of state without permission and had moved without notifying the program. Then administrators learned that Hubbard had drunk alcohol in bars, had affairs and lied to treatment providers. "He was having trouble in his marriage," Cohen said. "But there was no reoffending of any sort." In court, Assistant Attorney General Noah Cashman disclosed: 'Anita Schlank's concern [was] that he was getting back into his reoffense cycle.' That summer, MSOP administrators attempted to get Hubbard back on a "pass plan," to restart his transition to freedom. But Gov. Tim Pawlenty, facing criticism over alleged discussions about eventually moving some MSOP residents to less-secure facilities, ordered all non-court-ordered passes canceled. Months later, Dru Sjodin was abducted, raped and killed by a recently released sex offender."<br /><br />The story is here: http://www.startribune.com/local/19682654.html?page=2&c=yKaren Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-73641268969971853152012-02-24T05:04:54.217-08:002012-02-24T05:04:54.217-08:00Was the author being deliberately vague when the s...Was the author being deliberately vague when the said the only other person released violated? I am willing to bet the violation was a technical violation, not a sexually related one.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118581975534335800noreply@blogger.com