• huey_m@piefed.social
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      10 hours ago

      Either we believe in giving people the chance to become functioning citizens of society again or we don’t. I’d argue the “don’t” doesn’t seem to work out too well for the Americans. Europe, meanwhile taking the former attitude, has far better recidivism rates.

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        3 hours ago

        https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235223000867

        Given the recidivism rates in even the best performing countries is so high I disagree.

        Denmark, Finland and Norway have similar two year conviction rates to the USA when accounting for other factors.

        20-30% of sexual predators will offend again AND be caught within two years. Given the delays in reporting sexual abuse and the general lack of reporting to start with this is remarkably high.

        Given the risk these predators pose to innocent people they shouldn’t be trusted nor afforded the full rights available to ordinary citizens.