When is the debt paid? Ever? Never?

There are three offense levels in Missouri: Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3

Who pays the debt? Who could have to pay it?

Working in a Special Education class in 1984, following the Family Living discussion, a very troubled female 5th grader came to me and asked, “Mrs. Schaff, what would happen to my Dad, I mean,…ah, someone who is touching you in the wrong places? I replied, “He would be put in jail, and you would never have to worry about him ever touching you again.”She stood silent for a long time, and I asked, “Is there something you would like to share?”She thought awhile longer and said, “No, I was just wondering.” Because of the law, *I let this child down!* If I could have told her that person would have to change his behavior, or go to jail,” there is no doubt in my mind that she would have shared with me. She displayed all the symptoms of an abused child, but I sincerely feel she chose to endure the physical/sexual abuse rather than lose her Dad. It is the behavior children want changed, not the loss of family.