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mike · 4436 days ago · link · · parent · post: How Can We Stop Pedophiles? Stop treating them like monsters.
I live in Norway now, one of the most progressive countries (justice system focuses on rehabilitation not punishment, for example). Sexual offenders came up in conversation with a friend, and I showed him the map of my old neighborhood in the US which shows where sex offenders live, complete with name and offense(s). He was horrified. "How can these people ever hope to get better when they will be stigmatized for the rest of their lives?" he asked. I agree. Don't you? And yet, as a parent, I want to know... don't you? Tricky. Tricky.