Facts About Sex Offenders and Sex Crimes

Sexual offenses are crimes that have existed throughout history. It is, therefore, surprising that sexual offense research is still in its infancy and that it doesn’t deserve the time and effort it really needs. Sexual offenders are the most heterogeneous group of all criminology and investigators as well as researchers have come to learn about them by coming into contact with the victims rather than the offenders themselves.
 
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While many sexual assault cases remain unresolved or even unreported, there are still remaining facts:

• It is known that two-thirds of the victims are under the age of 18
• Out of those, 58 percent, or four in ten, are 12 years or younger
• In cases of child rape, the child almost always knows the offender
• Among 18 to 29 year old victims, two-thirds have had a prior relationship
• The offender is male, generally in his early 30’s and more likely to be white

Typologies of those who rape

• Type 1: Opportunistic assertive
• Type 2: Opportunistic non-assertive
• Type 3: Pervasively angry
• Type 4: Sexual sadistic non-fantasy
• Type 5: Sexual sadistic fantasy
• Type 6: Sexual non-sadistic non-assertive
• Type 7: Sexual non-sadistic assertive
• Type 8: Vindictive non-assertive
• Type 9: Vindictive assertive

Hot Topics include

• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Harassment
• Stalking
• Non-Forcible Offenses
• Incest
• Statutory Rape

Sexual assaults are among the most complicated and complex crimes. If you, or anybody you know, has been involved in a sexual offense crime, adequate legal advice is obligatory. 

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