![]() It became the one issue feminists and conservatives could agree upon. However, by the 1980s, the modern era of sex abuse panic began renewed interest in sexual abuse coincided with the rise of Moral Conservatism as well as the Feminist Movement. The term “child molester” was coined as a term to denote a petty offender, one who did not use violence or force the term “pedophile” fell out of favor, and the system saw most offenders as amenable to treatment, and recidivism studies continued to fid extremely low recidivism rates. Paul Tappan’s NJ commission found that “sex offenders have one of the lowest rates as ‘repeaters’ of all types of crime…Among serious crimes homicide alone has a lower rate of recidivism.”ĭuring the Treatment-oriented era of the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, the viewpoint of the “sex offender changed from an incurable threat. The (New York City) Mayor’s Committee Reports on the Study of Sex Offenses, published in 1944, found that only 40 out of 555 (7%) of people convicted of sex crimes in 1930 were rearrested between 1930-1941. The modern era reflects the moral panic of the 1930s to early 1950s, commonly known to researchers as the “Sexual Psychopath era.” (The origin of this phrase can be traced back to the 1886 German book “Psychopathia Sexualis” by Richard von Krafft-Ebing.)Įven during the height of the “Sexual Psychopath era,” there was no evidence of high re-offense rates among those convicted of sex crimes. It was not until 1894 that child sexual abuse was considered a primary type of sex crime. In his book, “Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America,” Historian Phillip Jenkins notes that the word “recidivism” first entered the English vernacular in the 1880s. While a lot of emphasis on recidivism rates in recent months have centered around the “Frightening and High” claims of Justice Kennedy in Smith v Doe, it is important to realize that views on perceived recidivism rates have fluctuated wildly over the past century and a half. This paper is intended to cover this myth and the latest studies that debunk this most dangerous of myths. The first one is of the people that are on the registry, what is the percentage that are involved in new sexually related crimes, and the second question is, what is the percentage of the people on the registry that are involved in a new sexually related crime in comparison to the ordinary citizen who have never been convicted of a sexually related crime? If in either case, there is a high re-offense rate for people on the registry, than the justification for the law could exist, if not than the justification evaporates.” Anti-registry advocates recognize the importance of answering this question: “So it is important that these two issues related to re-offense rate that must be dealt with. What is recidivism? People demand an easy answer to a complex question. The myth of high offense rates fuel draconian legislation. Even the US Supreme Court has propagated this myth. Media personalities, politicians, and victim advocates will repeat this myth. Laws targeting people convicted of sexually-based offenses were justified primarily by a myth that “once a sex offender, always a sex offender,” and that a vast majority of those listed on the public registry will inevitably reoffend. Thus the old idea of revenge is continued and the possibility of understanding the criminal is kept at a minimum. Many people in discussing an offender will assume a hostility not too far removed from the original hostility of the person committing the crime. “ It is a common misconception even today that those who commit crimes are arrogantly breaking the law and deriving a fiendish pleasure from getting away with it. ” – Disgraced former Florida senator Mark Foley “ There is a 90 percent likelihood of recidivism for sexual crimes against children. ” – Lauren Book, Current FL State Senator and victim industry advocate ![]() “ In so many instances these individuals should never ever be allowed out for a second chance, they’re ticking time bombs, its not a questions if they a re- offend, it’s a question of when they re-offend. Recidivism: The Great Lie of “Frightening and High”Ĭreated 15 January 2018, Last Update 13 October 2018 The Truth About Florida State Senator Lauren Book.The Big Registry: Booming “SO” Industry.Stop Vigilante Violence and Websites Act (2009).Political Sex Scandals & Double Standards. ![]() Battle with Cincinnati City Council (2006). ![]() Insurance & Travel Survey for Registered Persons (2023).Cyberbullying of PFRs on Social Media (2022).Informational CorrLinks Newsletter (ICoN).
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