Fact Sheet: What You Need to Know About Sex Offenders
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 27, 2009
ANNOTATION: Information about sex offenders and their management/supervision is provided. Topics discussed include: what sexual abuse is; how common sex crimes are; how many arrests occur for sex offenses; not all sex crimes are reported; who the victims are; who offenders are likely to target; who sex offenders are; sex offending is not necessarily caused by being sexually abused; what happens to convicted sex offenders; why people commit sex crimes; how often sex offenders reoffend; some offenders are more likely to reoffend; the efforts made to improve public safety when sex offenders are in the community; what the purpose of sex offender registration is; what community notification is; and what should be known about juvenile sex offenders.