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Sexual offenders: No easy answers Therapists warn against hysteria while officials worry about safety
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While some people have reacted with outrage that a few
high-profile pedophiles have been released to live in their
communities, there are nearly 7,000 sex offenders on probation in
Massachusetts, living in virtually every city and town.
But those who treat sex offenders and statistics kept by the state
suggest that the vast majority of children who are molested are
abused by someone in their own household. Therapists, meanwhile, say
the hysteria, shunning and harassment of former sex offenders is
counterproductive, creating conditions that make it more likely
offenders will repeat their ...
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