Reply #63: What?

[varkam]

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but are you essentially advocating murdering people who are mentally ill? I think that is absolutely unconscionable, especially given that treatment produces statistically significant reductions in recidivism rates. Even with false accusations notwithstanding (and they are not a possibility, but a certainty) any psychological measure has an error rate built right in. That means that you are going to get at least some false positives and at least some false negatives. Even if there were a psychological measure that could accurately identify people with a primary sexual preference for children, it doesn't follow that they will act out on those desires (as is demonstrated by the various categorizations of pedophiles - so just saying "adults who are sexually attracted to prebuescent children" is essentially meaningless with respect to determining who is and who is not a threat).

With all of that out of the way, if you mean offenders who will pose a persistent risk, then I would be for long-term incarceration or civil committment given that certain conditions are in place, such as periodic evaluations of risk level (as risk is not a static concept).