There are few other crimes so heinous and with such a high recidivism rate as sexual abuse of children. Attempting to reforming such people appears to be a fool

There are few other crimes so heinous and with such a high recidivism rate as sexual abuse of children. Attempting to reforming such people appears to be a fool's errand (and that's leaving aside that retributive justice is a real and necessary component of a serious society). I know the usual response is that not all pedophiles are going to actually carry out their fantasies, but really we have no evidence that "non-offending MAPs" or "virtuous pedophiles" (or whatever they call themselves) are a real or significant phenomenon; plenty of those who have claimed these titles have been exposed as abusers.