Aud1o Blood wrote...
Stemming from the recent sex offender thread:
Is there a movement to treat the underlying causes of criminal behaviour, rather than letting the perpetrator rot for ___ years?
Child molesters are a great example. There's something deeply psychologically wrong with these people, and putting them in the can isn't going to do much. If the prison offered counseling services, followed by a full evaluation after release, then the sex offender could be allowed to return to society more fully (rather than the church, school, park bit). Conditions of their freedoms include ongoing treatment, employment, and positive recommendations from the psychiatrist.
What is your take on the issue?
Would programs like these help convicts, like sex offenders and domestic abusers?
i thought they already have counseling services in jail. well, if they don't, the family can hire the local priest(provided he's not the one in jail) or a counselor to go visit the person. not all criminals have an underlying cause that will stop them from committing crimes so if the person was released early and commits the crime again, the plan would've failed and the molester and the molested's lives could be ruined (maybe not so much the molester but definitely the molested[molestee? idk])