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Sex Offenders In The Woodsman

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In the movie "The Woodsman", Walter was imprisoned for 12 years for child molestation. After 12 years imprison, Walter returns back to society. He later experiences different aspect of life. Walter learned three main insights as a sex offender: society’s view, impact of his action, and reflection of his own self.
Sergeant Lucas represents society’s view on sex offenders. The public despises sex offenders more than other criminals especially children case. Sex offender is not accepted in society even though the offender already atones for his or her crime in jail. For example, Mike Smith was a sex offender who served 10-year in jail for abuse in his family. In the report, he could only associate with other sex offenders such as child sex offender and adult rapist. They were the only people who he can relate to as not judgmental. On the contrary, he should not be associating with. Smith made an earnest commitment to his rigorous rehabilitative therapy in prison, "but it was made harder when he felt …show more content…

Walter received a journal from his counselor, Rosen. The journal allows Walter to freely express what is on his mind. Some thoughts Walter could write about are reflection of his emotion and behavior in any event in his life. Therapist used journaling for “the purposes of psychological healing or growth.” (Borkin, 2015) The journal helps Walter to verbalize his problem to other people. In Walter’s journal, he wrote about his observation of Candy. He knows the technique Candy is using to lure children. For example, Candy uses candy and toys to attract children at school. The main goal is to ask the children for a ride. If Candy succeed asking the kid for a ride, Candy have full control over the kid. It is part of the grooming technique. The technique is to manipulate the person in complying with sexual abuse. Walter underline “wants” in the journal to represent Candy’s

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