Preventing child sex abuse must involve treating pedophiles, even past offenders, say experts

[Jim Burton]

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-se ... -1.7381743

Cat Bodden, who was sexually abused by a family member as a child, never imagined she would work with convicted sex offenders.

But that's what she's done for the better part of a decade, in an effort to understand the mind of a pedophile.

[ZVOTD]

This is better sentiment than most people have, but they are still treating us like something that needs to be "cured" and gotten rid of. Our relationships are not abuse and do not need to be cured.

[Jim Burton]

It reads like an article from 10 years ago in that sense.

Preventionism had a small effect informing liberal norms, and will probably be one of the main arguments for some time yet.

[PorcelainLark]

Cat Bodden, who was sexually abused by a family member as a child, never imagined she would work with convicted sex offenders.

Isn't this going to bias a person's perspective? I wonder how many people who work with sex offenders are former victims? Wouldn't that lead to projecting negative experiences onto situations where there are none? I'd be interested to see what a therapist with a positive experience with AMSC would have to say.

Beier calls mandatory reporting laws like those in Canada "a mistake" when it comes to stopping future sexual abuse.

Has there been any progress at changing mandatory reporting laws outside of Germany, lately?