Child sexual abuse Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Recidivism=== Although reconviction data suggest that not many sex offenders reoffend,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.html|title=CSOM Publications|work=csom.org|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401030750/http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.html|archive-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> [[Office of Justice Programs|OJP]] reported that observed recidivism rates of sex offenders are underestimated of actual reoffending.<ref name=bjs-raso>{{Cite web |url=https://smart.ojp.gov/somapi/chapter-5-adult-sex-offender-recidivism |title=Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative |access-date=2022-08-02 |work=Office of Justice Programs}}</ref> Estimated rates among child sex offenders vary by surveys and it is difficult to estimate accurately. One study found that 42% of offenders re-offended (either a sex crime, violent crime, or both) after they were released. Risk for re-offense was highest in the first 6 years after release, but continued to be significant even 10β31 years later, with 23% offending during this time.<ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Hanson RK, Steffy RA, Gauthier R |title=Long-term recidivism of child molesters |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-consulting-and-clinical-psychology_1993-08_61_4/page/646 |journal=Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=646β52 |date=August 1993 |pmid=8370860 |doi=10.1037/0022-006X.61.4.646}}</ref> A study done in California in 1965 found an 18.2% recidivism rate for offenders targeting the opposite sex and a 34.5% recidivism rate for same-sex offenders after 5 years.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Frisbie |first=Louise Viets |year=1965 |title=Treated Sex Offenders Who Reverted to Sexually Deviant Behavior |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_federal-probation_1965-12_29_4/page/52 |journal=Federal Probation |volume=29 |page=52}}</ref> Because recidivism is defined and measured differently from study to study, one can arrive at inaccurate conclusions being made based on comparison of two or more studies that are not conducted with similar methodology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smart.gov/SOMAPI/sec1/ch5_recidivism.html|title=Chapter 5: Adult Sex Offender Recidivism {{!}} Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative|website=www.smart.gov|access-date=2019-10-18}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page