Child molestation is a problem that affects all Americans either directly or indirectly. The direct complications are long-term and can destroy families, communities, and people. Child molesters violate the most vulnerable population who are the future of our society. As a nation, we must protect children from molesters that violate children’s human rights to live free from sexual abuse.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1985) set international standards protecting children’s rights as human beings. It specifies each child’s fundamental rights to quality life. Article 34 explicitly lists the right of children to live free from sexual exploitation and abuse (1985). The text charges each UN state responsible for enforcing …show more content…
(http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/citizensguide/citizensguide_sexualabuse.html ). This would make child molestation a federal crime, eligible for prosecution under federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Currently, repeat child molesters face a mandatory minimum of a life sentence. (http://famm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Chart-All-Fed-MMs-NW.pdf).
Federal jurisdiction may eliminate the problem of sex molesters moving out of the country, from state to state, or failing to register as a sex offender. If the molester is sentenced under the federal government there would be harsher sentences similar to current drug trafficking laws which are much harsher and often include life sentences or life-time parole. We must recognize child molestation as a serious crime and punish it just as we do for other public safety …show more content…
Keeping the molester in prison or treatment facility for life, will decrease the cases of child molestation due to deterrence. The severity of punishment will cause those who have pedophilia to seek treatment and resist urges. By acting proactively we can prevent child molestation.
We have to treat child molesters on the same criminal level as murderers because they forcibly take rights from children that can forever alter the child’s life. Child molesters have not proven the ability to reform. Certain types of molesters have a medical condition which causes them to be sexually attracted to children. While cognative-behavioral treatment may help to control these impulses, constant, lifelong intensive monitoring combined with therapy is the only way to ensure the molester does not re-offend. The only way to do this is by mandatory life long sentencing in a federal
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1985) set international standards protecting children’s rights as human beings. It specifies each child’s fundamental rights to quality life. Article 34 explicitly lists the right of children to live free from sexual exploitation and abuse (1985). The text charges each UN state responsible for enforcing …show more content…
(http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/citizensguide/citizensguide_sexualabuse.html ). This would make child molestation a federal crime, eligible for prosecution under federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Currently, repeat child molesters face a mandatory minimum of a life sentence. (http://famm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Chart-All-Fed-MMs-NW.pdf).
Federal jurisdiction may eliminate the problem of sex molesters moving out of the country, from state to state, or failing to register as a sex offender. If the molester is sentenced under the federal government there would be harsher sentences similar to current drug trafficking laws which are much harsher and often include life sentences or life-time parole. We must recognize child molestation as a serious crime and punish it just as we do for other public safety …show more content…
Keeping the molester in prison or treatment facility for life, will decrease the cases of child molestation due to deterrence. The severity of punishment will cause those who have pedophilia to seek treatment and resist urges. By acting proactively we can prevent child molestation.
We have to treat child molesters on the same criminal level as murderers because they forcibly take rights from children that can forever alter the child’s life. Child molesters have not proven the ability to reform. Certain types of molesters have a medical condition which causes them to be sexually attracted to children. While cognative-behavioral treatment may help to control these impulses, constant, lifelong intensive monitoring combined with therapy is the only way to ensure the molester does not re-offend. The only way to do this is by mandatory life long sentencing in a federal