Unfortunately, you are correct. These folks are not cured and jail/prison does not get them help. I am a sex offender probation officer and my state has just started placing folks like this on lifetime satellite based monitoring to keep track of their movement. It is cheaper than prison and pretty effective in that most of these guys do not want to go to prison due to the fact that they will have to be placed in isolation for danger of being murdered by the other inmates. Castration is not an option because it is not humane

I know some of you were thinking this.
From my experience many of the sex offender's I work with can be highly intelligent, extremely manipulative, and some can be very charming. Most are in complete denial of their crimes or do not see what they have done is wrong. The majority play a very good victim themselves to gain sympathy by those who are unsuspecting (typically women).
We require our offenders to go through a very stringent program in which the therapists require they admit their crimes and discuss the trauma they have caused to their victims. We try to get them to sympathize with the victim instead of creating guilt about what they have done. Feelings of guilt tend to lead to disdain.
In a nutshell and to say the least, these folks are wired differently and maintenance is the only way to protect the general public. Any therapist who states different is not a certified sex offender therapist. There is no rehabilitation and this is accepted by both law enforcement and mental health agencies. Statistical studies back this up.
The sad thing is the fallout of people like Lisa who is also a victim in the situation. We are seeing the process of denial in it's early stages here and she may possibly be investigated and charged for child endangerment depending on the situation and her state's laws. I see it happen all the time. Unfortunately, these unsuspecting women end up finding out the hard way by either being charged as an accomplice to a crime they try to hide or having their own children (if they have any) get abused. --- I am not talking about my guys on probation of course as I keep a tight rein on these guys.
I really do not blame unsuspecting (I am speculating) women such as this poster in here as they usually are victims themselves even though it is easy to sit back and judge them or say I told you so. She needs hugs and a good therapist that can school her to the ways of such men in order not to fall into the same patterns with future relationships that we as humans fall into since we are creatures of habit.
Many of my male convicted sex offenders end up finding women with low self esteem who feel sorry for the offender and either take their side and enable the offender's denial or think that they can change the offender or the offender will change for them.
There is a very high rate of recidivism with sex offenders and with this more and more states are adopting live-time satellite monitoring. It is not a perfect system, but I'd rather spend my tax dollars on this social program than bailing out the banks again ;)
I want to thank the owner of this site providing these news nuggets as it actually keeps me tuned up to perform my job and reminds me of the various sicknesses that are prevalent within human nature and reminds me to never be mentally disarmed by the individuals I work with.
It is good to have forums like this just to remind the public of the monsters that lurk around every corner. Not to create paranoia, but to justify the reality that there are idoits like this out there and to be more aware of your surroundings.
.....I also like to see that there are still decent people such as most of the folks that post here that actually care about their fellow human even if the criticisms are harsh and sometimes misguided :)
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