I'm convinced this amendment, as well as protecting potential victims of child abuse in overseas destinations where a person on the child sex offender register may contemplate visiting, will also help those offenders by ensuring they are less likely to be put in a position to offend. Most of these offenders are highly flawed individuals who often cannot trust themselves, let alone be trusted by society, when they are in the presence of potential victims. Corrections research shows that a characteristic of such offenders is compulsive behaviour over a lifetime. I've interviewed many of these offenders as a police detective, and even knowing the consequences of being in prison as a so-called child abuser doesn't deter them from their offending, such is their determination and compulsion. They have relatively low recidivism rates, largely because they're removed from situations where they are likely to offend by the fact that they are registered.