Child Molester Law

Our country has several laws for child molesters, such as the Megan law, where a child molester has to register their residential information to the police station and this information is made public. This allows residents to search for sex offenders in their neighborhood and keep their kids away from danger. Child molesters are not allowed to live within a quarter mile of any private or public school (this does not include parks). This law helps keep track of sexual offenders, but has not stopped them from reoffending. As a society we have to be more open to speak about this topic. Educating our children on sexual abuse is the key to preventing or stopping child sexual abuse. Erin’s Merryn’s law should be followed and all teachers should be trained to identify and report signs of
In fact, it makes them fantasize about the more gruesome acts they will do to children when released. Prison certainly does not rehabilitate a sex offender and therapy also fails, laws are not stopping offenders either. What is our next option? Larry Don McQuay volunteered to be castrated, but most states won’t allow it. Castration is considered barbaric but McQuay states that what he has done and could do to children is what should be considered barbaric (McQuay 139). Surgical castration is when only the testes are taken off and chemical castration is when men receive testosterone-lowering injections. Castrating child molesters will lower their sex drive and lower the chances of reoffending. Therapy would also be part of their treatment along with the castration. In other countries, it has showed to be effective; the reoffending rate was drastically lowered ( Berlin 140-141). In the United States, castration is a violation of the U.S. Constitution and considered “cruel and unusual punishment” (McQuay