Child Molesters Should Have Harsher Punishment

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Should child offenders/child molesters have harsher punishment?

By: Cassandra charlot

Child molestation is a crime that involves a range of sexual activities between an adult and a child that's usually under the age of 14. Many children experience molestation and abuse and either the offenders are getting away with it or they have a short sentence then come right back and do what they please. The abuser can be anyone, someone close to you or someone you don’t know. The abuser can also be a woman or man that can be decades older or the same age. Many people think the offenders should go

When the offenders get such light punishment they have the mentality that they could do it again and it won't affect them much and that's exactly what King thought after he was released causing him not to learn his lesson. He was found 7 years later for child pornography. We could have prevented him from doing more damage if he was still behind bars.

Another reason child molesters/abusers should have harsher punishment is because it can affect the kids relationships with other people. That is to say that it can affect the kids relationships in many ways, it affect them by them having fear of intimacy, it could cause PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) which is an anxiety disorder that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which severe physical harm occurred or was threatened. They could also have insecurity and deal with repressed emotions as well. They could also be sensitive to people’s

This shows that the women are more likely to have unwanted sexual incident when they were young, but it still affects both genders when it comes to being molested. Study shows that the abusers are usually people that is close to you like your stepfather or extended family. According to the energetic institute it states that step fathers made up 17 percent of source of abuse in the American study whilst extended family members made up 36 percent. This is to show that if they get released early they are going to be close to them because they were/are basically family so it will affect the child even more. The offenders should have harsher punishment because they should be able to feel the same way the kid they abuse feel because as soon as they touch that child it changes the way they think or how they feel. The abuser and the victim have something in common, they both are in some kind of prison. The abuser will go to jail for what they did but will it be enough?, the victim will spend the rest of their life with what happened to them and because of them always thinking about their situation they won’t let anyone get close to them. They will also deal with insecurity or a lack of confidence because of what