My Turn: Cashman did right thing looking for another way [Sentencing Sex Offenders] / Burlington Free Press, 13 Jan 2006

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Gale H gordon
"A meta analysis on the efficacy of treatment of sex offenders clearly calls into question that incarceration without treatment is an effective way to reduce recidivism. Punishing and marginalizing sex offenders is the prevailing societal stance. In theory it aims at protecting children.
While promoting insight and understanding of why someone might become a sex offender is not a popular pursuit, it is, nevertheless, also important to understand that someone does not wake up one day and decide to be a sex offender. "