Persons convicted of a pedophilic crime ought to be treated and not incarcerated in all instances

1)Your premise #13 is in agreement with my argument that when the boundary of "Desire" has led to "Action" then the pedophile is entitled to all consequences. My argument explicitly mentions that I am in favor of incarceration for all pedophiles that have cross the line into action. 2)There is distinct difference between engaging in a particular behavior and thinking about. 3)It is good if the pedophile has not engaged in such a behavior but has only though about committing the act and is still in time to get treatment. 4)Your premise #14 is not taking into consideration the safety of pedophiles while they are incarcerated. 5)It is important to consider the safety of everyone who enters the criminal justice system. To justify the poor treatment of an individual because of the acts they commit makes us just bad as them. 6)Also, to deny protection to pedophiles while they are incarcerated is to go against federal Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, which protect all inmates from possible harm. 7)Your premise #15 states that all child molesters are not pedophiles and vice versa. You have not made a clear distinction between either one. 8)I agree with your premise #16, that an act itself must be punished through incarceration. However, an act that has not been committed should not be punished without first exploring the possibility of treatment. 9)To not offer an individual possible treatment when no act has been committed is to deny them the possibility for rehabilitation. 10)Prison is not the best place to treat pedophiles who have not committed a physical act of violence and who might be willing to take advantage of treatment instead of incarceration. 11)Several reports highlight the lack of resources available in prison, including adequately trained health care staff (Roguski & Chauvel 2009). 12)The current mental health care staff would have to dedicate time to the pedophiles entering prisons because of their "mental" health conditions (Roguski & Chauvel 2009). 13)To divert prison resources to pedophiles that could have been treated in another mental health facility that is not prison is counterproductive. 14)Premise #18 brings up the issue of pedophilia being classified as an inborn mental illness; there have been studies which argue that pedophiliac behavior can also be the result of biological factors which include a persons inability to produce certain hormones. 15)We cannot hold these individuals accountable in the same way we would hold a regular criminal accountable when biological factors play a role in their inability to stop themselves from committing physical acts of violence. 16)The same logic has been used for young adults who have committed other offenses since the brain development research clearly shows that the part of the brain that processes consequential thinking does not fully develop until age 25. Based on this research youth are now looked at as different from adults. 17)The biological aspects of pedophiles must be taken into account in the same way. We cannot hold double standards when it comes to proven research about the need to consider biological factors when dealing with individuals who could/have committed an offense. 18)Your premise #19 also states that placing pedophiles into treatment rather than incarceration will bring violence in the prison world down. If incarceration will lead to increased violence then we are creating an unstable environment for both pedophiles and regular inmates. This is irrational. 19)Therefore, pedophiles ought to be treated and incarcerated only if the crime involves the rape and/or murder of a child.