The programs they go through are not just lists of check-offs, to move them through pages in a book. The programs are to teach them life-patterns and safety procedures. To develop habits and instinctive reactions. And one of the first things they teach themselves is to be aware of ages of others (looking to avoid minors)... then they get automatically imprinted to remove themselves from potentially dangerous situations.
There are hundreds of other things, but it would take weeks to tell you all of them, and months for you to understand the whys and wherefores of their meanings and the usage of them as preventatives and safe guards.
They also learn that they DO NOT "get cured". But, rather, they learn to restructure their thinking and perceptions. One thing every Sex Offender knows is that they (and actually each of us... "Yes", you and me) are but one "trigger" from being a law breaker... whether it be their way, or another that each of us may be more susceptible to.
So, although I am not understanding the confusion you seem to express, I do want to make it clear that Sex Offenders are no more "cured" of their problems than you or I are "cured" of that particular thing we used to fight, but now try to claim we have completely licked. All of us just learn how to live without those things disrupting our lives anymore..... as long as we avoid the triggers and situations that wreck our train.
There are hundreds of other things, but it would take weeks to tell you all of them, and months for you to understand the whys and wherefores of their meanings and the usage of them as preventatives and safe guards.
They also learn that they DO NOT "get cured". But, rather, they learn to restructure their thinking and perceptions. One thing every Sex Offender knows is that they (and actually each of us... "Yes", you and me) are but one "trigger" from being a law breaker... whether it be their way, or another that each of us may be more susceptible to.
So, although I am not understanding the confusion you seem to express, I do want to make it clear that Sex Offenders are no more "cured" of their problems than you or I are "cured" of that particular thing we used to fight, but now try to claim we have completely licked. All of us just learn how to live without those things disrupting our lives anymore..... as long as we avoid the triggers and situations that wreck our train.
Stick with your Harvard study, I'm 99% with you on it. But for the 100% I still have to go back to the Bible and Matthew13:58 - And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. Sure that 1% is a longshot bet, but I've seen them pay off none the less.