So, you would arrest Romeo as a paedophile, for having underage sex with Juliet?
If I had a pound for every time I've seen this rot....
Technically Romeo would not have been a paedophile -
They were married, what happens then is implied
Why would they anyway, apart from being fictional characters in an age long past, they are both relatively close in age, and current legislation makes note that in general it is not there to specifically criminalise what might otherwise be consensual similar age relationships, albeit in current legislation juliet could not legally consent, Romeo may or may not have been able to do so, its unclear
Incidentally the law may still allow an older man a defence such that he may not be convicted even though his victim is as young as 13
Instead, couldn't we just follow the example of Germany - and lower the legal age of sexual consent to 14.
By the same token you could make it a requirement to PTS attention -seeking seniles
Actually the age of consent varies as in this country, here its usually 16 but can be 18 depending on the situation
The problem with a lot of these statistics is that the questions are often framed as to give the answer they want.
you mean like your own
And your evidence for this is what??? Do you know? - probably not
As for the additional strain on HMP, the present population is about 85/86 thousand, & growing with a system designed for far less. Suicide rates up, still about 5k or so ipp inmates
Sex offenders - ie nonces - in prison hierarchy are the lowest rung, with child SO at the very bottom -even reviled by other SO
As such they are normally segregated for their own safety, that has additional resource requirements, indeed nonce is an accornym for not on normal courtyard exercise
clearly more are being convicted if you read the statistics -and rightly so
Ah the TV programme - the paedophile who hasn't offended and is sure he wont - yet actually that's incorrect on both counts. Firstly he's calling for support groups - they are already there in some cases (but if hes so sure he wouldn't offend, he wouldn't need any nor does he need to come out ) . Whether there has been any contact offences by the person in question I don't know - presumably non that have resulted in conviction anyway, but even taken at face value he has offended, because he decided he was a paedophile by the 'pornograhic' ie abuse images he was viewing - that would be an IIOC criminal offence under POCA depending on cat & num , a custodial sentence
Its not clear on his motivations but he appears far from typical given most offenders, taking him at face value.
Worth remembering that his interest begins in girls aged 4, from his own words, when using terms like virtuous
Yet again the rotten state of our mental health services is highlighted.
What on earth has the mental health services got to do with it?
Chemical Castration doesn't address the problem it simply applies an archaic form of punishment
No, it does, it removes the physical urge, that alone may not be enough in every case, but would in some cases make management easier
Ah yes it's about money - the old chestnut often used by offenders themselves against their victims, yet there is often none, and its so easy to prosecute a case
To take the same prog mentioned already, one of the victims featured was abused at public school, by his head and other teachers, passed around.He was subjected to what the Americans call complicit victimization.
A process whereby victim becomes complicit in the act by being otherwise rewarded, made to feel special, etc - by their abuser .Jim Clemente is a former victim turned ex FBI prosecutor himself and can tell you about complicit victimization
Sandusky who is serving 30-60 years for abusing boys who came through his second mile program 'groomed' his boys by choice choosing his prey carefully. Same in the case of one victim featured in the prog - remember they were children - he was 9. Eventually he tried to bring his abusers to court - the cps after reviewing the case initially said they felt there wasn't enough evidence to bring it to court with a likelihood of conviction/jail .He persisted however and pressed the case with the then DPP Keir Starmer- eventually the case was brought and two of his abusers were charged convicted.One committed suicide rather than face prison
That was only a few years ago - easy?? ask him how difficult it was
Is that rare? apparently not if you read other a/cs of children who were generally taken to be unreliable - and even when adult the nature of the offenses are such that it's difficult to secure convictions
One girl was abused from 4 -and by abused I don't mean for our expert survey person, someone made an inappropriate gesture - I mean the r word. By her step father, rented out to others as was her sister. Took many years of struggle and eventually media intervention to get just 2 of her abusers, including step father, charged and convicted. Easy - go ask them
