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80-95% of sex offenders are known to the child (Colorado Bureau of Investigation, 2003).
96% of child sexual assaults are perpetrated by males (U.S. Dept. of Justice 2000).
2-4% of reported child sexual offenses are committed by females (U.S. Department of Justice, 1997).
The average pedophile abuses approximately 250 children (United Youth Security, 1999).
There is one sex offender per square mile in the U.S. (Department of Justice, 1999).
Adolescents represent up to 40% of offenders (Saunders et al., 1999).
The average age that an adolescent offends is 14 (Pithers & Carey, 1998 and Cavanaugh-Johnson, 1988).
Most sexual offenders develop deviant sexual interests prior to age 18 (Abel & Rouleau, 1990).
Other than age, the characteristics of juvenile CSA offenders are similar to those of adult offenders: Most are male, and they represent all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups (Barnett et al., 2005).
Depending on what study you read, about 40-80% of adolescent sex offenders have been abused sexually, physically or have experienced severe neglect.
Baby-sitting is the most frequent setting for adolescents to sexually abuse others. (Whetsell-Mitchell, 1995)
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