Well said. Almost all “tough on crime” policies in the USA are tied to someone’s financial gains. From private prisons, to GPS, to federal funding , etc. Ron Book took being an absentee father to give himself more power and Lauren used her terrible victimization to create a very profitable “not for profit”. Who is worse? Those that commit these crimes which are obviously terrible crimes or those that parlayed their victimization into a way to make millions and harm just as many millions with no distinction to humanity or harm to families? Make no mistake they don’t care about society at large but only their own money making “halos”. Victims deserve justice and perpetrators deserve accountability but this is not what is happening.

I remember back in 2009, we had one of those worst case scenarios in Cincinnati. A 13 year old girl was murdered by a guy convicted of murder but also had a petty sex offense of some sort not related to the murder, but the petty offense became the local media focus.

There was a push to shut down this treatment program in the area but the family of the victim opposed that idea and spoke in support of the program. But the city council ignored the victim’s family’s pleas and passed a resolution condemning the program, then had the audacity to say they did it for the victim’s family.

I do have to add I think the results of this study might be different if conducted in the US, when being a victim can get you set for life, see John Walsh and Lauren Book and Elizabeth Smart as examples.

“You call the cops, we ALL pay the price!”

“It’s not worth it, just avoid the person (man or woman).”