The idea sounds great on paper and the intentions mean well but it will not prevent child molesters. If your going to do it, your going to do it regardless.
What does the science say about this? If it keeps pedophiles from actually hurting children, why not let them have these instead? I don't think you can ever truly cure them. This may actually be a good thing.
I seriously doubt this would prevent them from actually doing it. It could in some ways make what they are doing more "ok".
Never mind the fact that I doubt not too many people would volunteer for any research studies for fear of possibly being some sort of "How to Catch a Predator" type set up if they are serious criminal pedophiles.
How is this not worse than child pornography? Pedos legally can't look at naked pictures of children, but they can fuck an exact replica of a child. Shit is creepy.
Child porn is hurting an actual child, this isn't. This is creepy, but if it keeps at least one REAL child from getting molested, than so be it.
This approach is not like quitting smoking , alcohol and drugs. It still reinforces the idea to a child molesters that the doll is to be responded to as a child. The dollar is very life like and would pretty much make a molester desire a real child. Surgical and chemical castration is the best solution to the molester.
In NY, it was legal until Sept, 2012. http://www.ibtimes.com/watching-chi...after-cuomo-signs-bill-closing-glaring-780877 Disgusting.