Article: Insight into pedophilia: an offender's case history.(Case overview)

Child sexual assault occupies a unique place among the various disturbing behaviors American society has chosen to elevate into punishable crimes. Not only is the offense considered possibly the most repugnant of criminal behaviors, but also those who commit it are treated quite differently from other convicted felons. Currently, an increasing number of states allow child molesters to be confined to secure mental institutions after their release from prison. Such confinement is based on the future probability of their recidivism, and generally leads to indefinite secondary imprisonment until mental health experts deem their probability of re-offending low enough to justify ...

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