Re: [tips] So what's broke?

2010-02-25 Thread don allen
this was the most difficult thing (emotionally) that I have ever done. While we didn't always get it right we all gave it our best effort. -Don. - Original Message - From: Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:13 am Subject: Re: [tips] So what's broke? To: Teaching

[tips] So what's broke?

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Smith
Having followed the recent heartbreaking news stories about 7 year old Somer Thompson it really makes me wonder what's broke about modern western society. Is it the justice system? As a society we (meaning those in positions of authority to change things) don't want to keep sexual predators away

Re: [tips] So what's broke?

2010-02-24 Thread Jim Clark
Hi There are others who post here more capable than I am of addressing this question, but Michael's (natural) response appears to be driven by emotion rather than the psychological literature on sex offenders. A couple of observations: 1. With respect to the 90 registered offenders who were