Topic : 03/07 Dr. Phil Now: Sex Offenders Next Door

I was molested when I was 5 by an older man (around 65) and it effected me rather greatly. If there was a sex offenders registry then (1986) then what happened to me could have been prevented. My mother did every check she could to make sure that I was safe,including making sure that there was no man in the house. It was due to the sneekyness and betrayle of my babysitter hiding that man in her house that I was put in danger. I am very happy that sex offenders are marked and outed.

On the other note: I had an associate that was in the position of most boys now and days, where they slept with someone who lied about their age.It was his fault, no matter what he said. If you are old enough to buy ciggaretts, then you are old enough to check id, talk to the family and see if the girl you sleep with is up to par. If we all use a little common sense then idiotic stuff like that would'nt happen.

I have children of my own now and cannot possibly imagine what my mom went through when it happened to me. I pray everyday that they are safe and secure. The comment that sent me through the roof was when the sex offender said that when he told his nieghbor she delt with it! what the hell!

He expected for people to just deal with a perverted monster like him, especially if they have children. Even though he was telling the truth, we all do not have to take it.The difference between the insane and sane is that the sane will think of a evil thought and not do it. The insane will have the same thoughts and do it!

I beg you to all parents please know everyone who is around youre child and never falsely accuse someone for your own gain.

My post isn't directed towards your post necessarily.  I just wanted to speak on the low recidivism rates.  I 100% don't believe the low recidivism rates.  I've read that many of the statistics come from self-reporting.  I highly doubt many convicted sex offenders are going to admit to present or recent offenses.  Thus, the reason for low recidivism rates.  Also, I don't believe for a second that so many people who have sexual desires for children are able to simply resist temptation.  I believe that it is possible for a sex offender to never re-offend.  All I'm saying is the whole 4-6% is so grossly underestimated.  Changing the way a pedophile thinks and reprogramming his/her brain is like reprogramming me to believe that I am homosexual not heterosexual.  That'd never happen.  I like men.  I have a husband.  I could never be programmed to be attracted to a woman.  Also, many of the sex offenders who have been incarcerated have only had some time of sex offender program in prison.  That's a joke!  In my state, the "therapist" isn't even required to be a social worker or psychologist.  My loved one told me that a guy he knows taking the program was in a 45 minute group "session" and the "therapist" fell asleep.  So, you expect me to believe that most of these sex offenders coming out of the prison system are inadequately reprogrammed by someone who is most likely ill equipped to reprogram but they won't reoffend.  Don't believe it, not for one minute.  Guess what, they don't get caught.  How many stories do we hear of on a daily basis where a accused sex offender has been found to have many, many, many victims who come out the woodwork. . . some even reporting of a crime that occured years and years ago.  This is why the recidivism rate is so low.  Many rapes go unreported.  So do many instances of child molestion.  Just on this board some members have admitted to not telling anyone until after the offender was dead.  That again, is one reason why the recidivism rate is so low. 

One thing in your post that I do agree with is, people need to stop having sex with someone they don't know.  As crazy as our laws are in some instances, you really have to focus on protecting yourself.  Girls do lie, so stop lying with them until you really know them.  Just a bit of advice to all the young boys perusing this board.  :0