Ten Myths About Child Sex Offenders - Fair Play For Children

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Myth 7: <strong>Sex</strong>ual attraction to children is rare andconfined to a small group of deviant individuals• High incidence of child victimisation• 34% of women and 16% of men report child sexualvictimisation (Dunne, Purdie & Cook, 2003)• 43% of all sexual assault victims aged 12-17; 17; only 31%over 17 years (Simon(& Zgoba, , 2006)• 17% of males admitted having molested a child(Finkelhor& Lewis, 1990)• Attraction to children by non-paedophiles• Attraction to children as children• <strong>Child</strong> marriage common historically and in manycontemporary cultures• non-paedophile males recorded penile volumeresponses to pre-pubescent pubescent boys and girls (Freund etal, 1972)
Myth 8: Most child sex offenders haveassociated diagnosable sexual disorders• Low incidence of paraphilia• 5.4% exhibitionism• 9% frotteurism• 5% voyeurism• 4.2% public masturbation• 1.2% sexual masochism• Treatment for other problems• 23% for depression• 18% drug and alcohol• 13% anger problems
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