Correct False Reporting: WFTV should learn TRUE recidivism rates
Winter Springs Florida’s ABC Affiliate, WFTV, reported about a sexual assault yesterday. In that report they quoted Senator Linda Stewart as saying “The problem that we have with the [sex] offenders is that they are going to offend again.”
Really?!?! Perhaps Senator Stewart and WFTV need an education on actual recidivism rates. If anyone has a moment today, please reach out to them and share your comments here so that others can comment too.
https://www.wftv.com/station/about/
https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s13
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FAC, can you supply links to the studies and stats so we can readily send them out in these cases so that they are confronted with the facts. You guys have all the ammunition we need to begin to educate people with the truth.
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/18upr9yfup0514.pdf
Above link states that after 9 years of release across 30 states, those released inmates whose most serious offense was rape or sexual assault, only 7.7% did re-offend. That means that 92.3% over the same 9-years period did NOT re-offend. That is a huge percentage.
Casomb.org/
The above video discusses the research out there on recidivism rates, which are very low.
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Karl-Hanson-Declaration-Summary-5-13.pdf
Karl Hanson found that once convicted, most sexual offenders are never re-convicted of another sexual offense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/03/09/the-big-lie-about-sex-offenders/
This article tells how the lie about high recidivism rates came about and gives some research to debunk this myth.
You can also google “recidivism rates for sex offenders” to find more research.
My experience with talking with law enforcement is , You can show them all the facts in the world, then they just shrug it off and say “yes but none of those statistics are accurate because only a small fraction of sex offences are reported . “
My answer would be , if there not important enough to report than why are we incarcerating people over trivial things that don’t seem to matter to most people. Until sometimes years later when they realize they can make money or notoriety over it. Even though by that time they had practically forgotten about it till an opportunity arrives.
Scales of justice balance weights.
Guy murders someone and gets 10 prison and 25 probation.
Another Guy forgets to register his roommates license plate. Gets 15 years prison , and lifetime on registry without ever being able to get off.
Not me being silly, this really happens sometimes depending on the judge, the lawyers and the jury you get.
I agree. No registries are ever good – ever! Once a person’s sentence is done, it is DONE AND OVER WITH! Debt Paid!!!
When I said “assessed”, I simply meant “Judged” or “looked at by others”. As in, “I visited my neighbor a few times in order to better assess his personality.”
Good catch, though. We must watch how we say things, right?
I read the report and see it a bit differently perhaps. From what I gather, it appears the comments are concerning those who, like this individual, commit these acts and because it’s only a misdemeanor, the punishment isn’t enough to deter them from doing it again. I am also guessing that being charged with misdemeanors doesn’t result in enough supervision and or treatment being provided to properly rehabilitate someone either, is their view.
I do believe that this type of behavior is serious and would naturally cause great concern among parents. My thought as a parent would be that the next step this person is likely going to take if they aren’t deterred is to snatch someone’s child.
We should support efforts that deter and steer individuals away from repeat offenses and get them on a track that addresses their issues.
This person needs to take their actions seriously and get right before he screws up his life permanently and makes our lives harsher as well.
In this age of “me too-ism” Child porn ad infinitum and elected officials convicted in the courts of public opinion, sex offenses have taken the top slot in the division of 3rd rail politics. The surest route to losing an election is to come out in favor of reforms in this arena. Losing an election is far more a catastrophe than ordinary folk who actually work for a living can imagine. It’s more than losing a salary, the elected official is losing status and the control over what amounts to millions of dollars in the annual office expense accounts that go along with that House or Senate seat. All that money is in the gift of that elected Senator or Congressman (or woman). That’s quite an ego boost for anyone to win an election, especially all the benefits and ways to profit from office-holding.
It takes far more guts than the normal person has to give up all that to fight for a despised minority about which is subject to so many lies, deceptions, and injustices that all who belong to that class are in a state of slavery, subjected to Federal and state probation departments through the entire nation. We need a new EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION that covers the entire country, unlike the original, which covered only those states in rebellion. If legislatures and the judiciary keep piling on this class the way they have been…We shouldn’t be surprised to see a few “Nat turners” arise before too much longer. The human can only take so much pain and suffering before turning on those producing it.
go figure all they are are liars and vagabonds attempting to sway public votes and opinions. It will continue until we find strong character in a honest politician if there is such a thing..If we all had money we could fight them like them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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News station in Central Floriduh. They tout themselves as “exposing the truth” while spreading lies.