Reply #25: I didn't say anything about recidivism rates for "sexual offenders", only that of

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pedophiles, which, according to this study published in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and used http://www.tomwappelmp.ca/Speeches/protectionchildren2.htm">in this report to the 38th parliament, the rate is 94%.

There are dozens of similar studies going back over 40 years that show similar results. Pedophilia has always had the highest recidivism rate of any crime, and that is only those that are caught. It is pathological they just don't stop, are incapable of stopping themselves.

The classification of "sexual offenders" includes everything from pedophilia to homosexuality to someone caught taking a leak in the alley, and is completely variable on a community by community basis.