Celtic Mark:
I tend to side with the Police I know, who I believe have more experience of these creeps than you or I. Maybe I'm wrong, you could be an expert. In many instances, due to the material witnessed, their natural response would be to take the life of these people (on an emotional level).
I am displaying my *knee-jerk* emotional response here. If a younger member of my family were to be molested by an adult, I would not be responsible for my actions against that person.
All the understanding and routing out the cause of the problem, does not balance the scales of justice within my mind. Sorry.
But to be fair, if you post anything here to do with the subject, or direct me to a source of information, I'll take a look.
Vigilanty squads - I see your point here. As the mindless rabble I have witnessed through the media seem to want an excuse for extreme violence. But there again, I can understand them wanting these beasts driven out of the community. A complicated issue, but one again that makes me very angry if I study individual cases of abuse.
Some issues I believe are black & white !
Sorry dude ....