Originally posted by Harlequin
and what of all teh `children` 11 , 12 year olds raping 4 year olds? a number of thread on ATS over the last few days have said just that
the gang rapes by 14 year olds.
what of them?
terra IS right on that issue - where do you draw the line?
if you say padeo`s cant be rehabilitated - does that count for all those who rape children? including the 11 year olds who rape 4 year olds?
Pedophiles often start their "careers" in this early teens age group.
The most likely time you have to rehab them is going to be while their brain is still developing. Before they have 10 or more years of reinforcing
sexual behaviours by the time they are adults between their porn and their victims.
There are those who sexually assault a child who are not pedophiles, but just screwed up opportunists. These are a seperate category of criminal
sociopath. The victim doesn't matter - just that they have a victim. This is different than the pedophile who targets children.
In boys, brain development is still dynamic until about 20. However, the part that is missing around the 16-20 age group isn't their sexual
development so much as their ability to understand consequences and risk. Sexual mental development may still be somewhat pliable in the 16 and 17
year old. The cut off has to be somewhere, so in the interests of finding a reasonable accomodation one could assume that the normal "adult" cut
off would suffice. Criminal is an adult, with adult-like-set-sexual-mental-development even if they are missing some understanding of consequences
and risk. 16 year old has committed a crime, but may still have a window of opportunity available to address their sexual mental dysfuction and the
personality disorder they surely have as well.