Making Crime Into Illnesses

Former NFL coach Dick Vermeil wrote the forward in Sandusky's book. "If it's true, he's a sick man. He had an illness none of us knew about. That's all." His comments show he accepts the Therapeutic State promoted by the psychiatric industry. Making illnesses out of anti social behavior, i.e., criminal acts is what the Nazis did in Germany. They medicalized social problems. They declared Jews to be vermin, needing extermination. There is no appeal from a medical diagnosis. It allows the state to deny basic rights to individuals who become unpopular with the ruling class. Yet it comes into the dominant paradigm as benign, not demonizing those helpless individuals who harm others. Their crimes are rationalized under made up illnesses which need treatment. And who provides the treatment? Psychiatrists.

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"They adopted six kids -- Sandusky had told people they couldn't have children -- and raised five boys and one girl.
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Studies show that roughly half of child molesters were abused at some point in their lives, Finkelhor said. But there are a variety of other factors, too. He says some experts believe genetics, developmental experiences and prenatal issues might be involved.
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Former NFL coach Dick Vermeil wrote the forward in Sandusky's book. "If it's true, he's a sick man. He had an illness none of us knew about. That's all."

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Updated: November 11, 2011, 4:17 PM ET
No one, it seems, knows Jerry Sandusky
Merrill By Elizabeth Merrill
ESPN.com
Elizabeth Merrill, senior writer merrill2323 (at) hotmail.com.