Criminal,
Government
Nov. 1, 2006
Fund Treatment, Not Prison, for Sex Offenders
Mark Foley's revelation that he was sexually abused as a minor confirms what many have recognized for years: Adult sexual offenders were often sexually abused as children.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender
Kern County Public Defender's Office
Mark Foley's revelation that he was sexually abused as a minor confirms what many have recognized for years: Adult sexual offenders were often sexually abused as children. Once victims and recipients of society's unqualified sympathy, these same individuals often and very suddenly become reviled "criminals" as adults.
Proposition 83 is the latest example of the politically popular march toward devising ever harsher punishments for this unique group of offenders whose vocal and ...
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