They do try to treat sex offenders in Prison, and just because you find something arousing doesn’t mean you have to realise any thoughts you have into physical actions.
Had an eye-opening discussion with the head psycologist at HMP Albany some years ago, I was asking about how they use their IT and he told me about the data-logging from the penile plethysmograph, to be honest I wish I’d never asked
They would show the prisoners a powerpoint slideshow of kids in various oufits and measure the response, they would also record the amount of time they looked at each picture.
Basically they would use this to try to show to the prisoner what it was that stimulated them and how to recognise the warning signs and therefore avoid situations that might give them an opportunity to offend again.
Whether they were successful or not I have not idea, it was 10 years ago so I guess things will have moved on, but anything that helps us understand how people tick must be a good thing imo.
Interesting stuff Nick, in a purely armchair psychologist sort of way of course.
