Child Sexual Assault: The Perpetrator

1. Offenders are not usually strangers to children. According to the National Clearinghouse, approximately 90% of offenders are known to the child/ren. In addition, a child is 3 times more likely to be molested by a recognized, trusted adult than by a stranger. 50% of child victims are molested in their own homes or in the offenders home.
2. 29% of offenders are relatives; 60% are acquaintances; and only 11% are strangers. It has been calculated that the chances of getting caught for child molestation are approximately 3%. Fewer than 1% of offenders are arrested, convicted and imprisoned.
3. Studies recently found t80% of incestuous fathers in a sex offender treatment program were sexually abused as children, but did not report the abuse. 49% of incest offenders who molest girls within the family, molest girls outside the family as well. Of those incest offenders who molest boys within the family, 61% molest females outside the family and 68% molest boys outside the family.

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