Registered Sex Offender Counts by State

The sad facts about sex offenses and those that perpetrate them.

* 1 of 5 girls will be sexually molested before her 18th birthday.
* 1 of 6 boys will be sexually molested before his 18th birthday.
* 1 of 5 children have been propositioned for sex over the Internet.
* 2 of 3 sexual abuses are perpetrated against teenagers or younger children.
* 90% of sexual assaults are committed against someone the perpetrator knows.
* The median age for male molestation victims under 18 is 9.8 years old.
* The median age for female molestation victims under 18 is 9.6 years old.
* There are new 400,000 victims of sexual assault every year.
* There are over 550,000 registered sex offenders in the US.
* There are over 100,000 sex offenders that fail to register in the US.
* 76% of serial rapists claim they were molested as children.
* Over 40% of male juvenile delinquents were molested as children.
* The typical sexual predator will assault 117 times before being caught.
* The re-arrest rate for convicted child molesters is 52%.

Sources:

Russell, D.E.H. and Bolen, R.M., 2000. The Epidemic of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse in the United States. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications.

Snyder, H.N., U. S. Department of Justice Statistics, 2000. Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics.

Center for Sex Offender Management, (2001). Recidivism of Sex Offenders, Full Report and Statistics.

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