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When buying a gun and/or pervert glasses, yes, sounds very reasonable?
Either we believe in giving people the chance to become functioning citizens of society again or we don't. I'd argue the "don't" doesn't seem to work out too well for the Americans. Europe, meanwhile taking the former attitude, has far better recidivism rates.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235223000867
Given the recidivism rates in even the best performing countries is so high I disagree.
Denmark, Finland and Norway have similar two year conviction rates when accounting for other factors.
20-30% of sexual predators will offend again AND be caught within two years. Given the delays in reporting sexual abuse and the general lack of reporting to start with this is remarkably high.
Given the risk these predators pose to innocent people they shouldn’t be trusted nor afforded the full rights available to ordinary citizens.
So, do I understand that you're willing to enact measures based on a presumption of recidivism despite 70+% not doing so according to the research you're citing?
I don't agree that it's morally right to punish a criminal based on the assumption they will repeat offend when the research indicates a majority doesn't. My conclusion from that research would be better methods of correcting the behavior and verifying compliance are probably necessary. Not group punishment.