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People say that they cure a sex offender. That, is pure bullshit. You can't cure a pervert, ever. Even with drugs, it still won't work.
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While it's true there is no "cure" as in a magic pill that makes a person incapable of committing this sort of violence, there is treatment much like that of alcoholics. The treatments that can be provided these days have astonishing results.
This is mainly because sex offenders were often victims themselves when they were children and never received the proper help. However, since they are now adults, treating them is much more difficult, but certainly not impossible.
I'll let this quote from one of the many studies I've read sum up this post:
A 2003 Corrections Department report evaluating the treatment of sex offenders... found three of every four sex offenders who received no therapy reoffended, compared with one in every six for those who completed the first phase of treatment. The rate improved to one in 10 for those who finished the second phase in a maximum-security facility for sex offenders. The study examined the records of 3,338 sex offenders.