HOW DO SEX OFFENDERS CONTINUE TO HURT OUR CHILDREN?
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SEX OFFENDER PATTERNS
| CAN SEX OFFENDERS
BE CURED? |
HOW SEX OFFENDERS AVOID GETTING CAUGHT
SEX
OFFENDER PATTERNS
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Sex offenders
commit an average of 119.7 separate crimes before they are
caught (Weinrott & Saylor, 1998)
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An average serial
child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his
lifetime.
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Men who
primarily target girls, abuse 10-20 before being
apprehended (CBI, 1992)
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Men who
primarily target boys, abuse 30-50 before being
apprehended (CBI, 1992)
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About 1/3 (26-28%)
of molesters abuse both boys and girls. (Abel, 1986 & CBI,
1992)
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After initial
polygraph testing, the average number of admitted victims
increased from 2 to 50. (Ahlmeyer et al, 2000)
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Additional
testing increased the number of victims to 110.
(Ahlmeyer et al, 2000)
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The average
number of offense admissions increased from 5 at intake,
to 234 during the first examination and then to 318 at
the second examination of the offender. (Ahlmeyer et al,
2000)
CAN
SEX OFFENDERS BE CURED? (Prentky, 1997)
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5 years post
conviction/release (12% re-offend)
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10 years post
conviction/release (30% re-offend)
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25 years post
conviction/release (52% re-offend)
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Child molesters have an elevated risk of re-offending as
they
reach their "senior" years
(Hanson, 2001)
HOW SEX OFFENDERS
AVOID GETTING CAUGHT
Exploiting our fear
of "False Allegation"
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Knowing that all of
us are afraid of being "falsely accused"
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Knowing that none
of us want to "falsey accuse" an innocent person
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For some offenders,
the fear surrounding "false allegations" fuels their ability
to "get away with it"
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How many cases of
"false accusations" have you personally come in contact
with?
Avoiding Discovery
by Adults
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Image or position
offsets suspicion
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Keep non-offending
spouse run down, off balance or doubting self
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Prepare for
disclosure
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If child discloses,
talk recipient out of reporting
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Deny, deny, deny
(67%)
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Bone up on
polygraph and plethysmograph testing and prepare for court
"How I avoided
getting reported": Information from sex offenders
themselves
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"I said it was an
accident, a mistake or the first time something like this
has ever happened."
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"I told them that I
felt terrible about it and would be willing to go to
therapy."
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"I told tem that it
would ruin my life/career if they reported me."
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"I told them it was
the child's fault."
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"I told them I'd
been molested as a child."