Sex Offenders: What Every Children’s Justice/Advocacy Worker Should Know Pt. 2

Sex crime investigators, forensic interviewers, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, medical staff, child welfare workers and child/victim advocates should be familiar the various theories about the etiology of pedophilia and development of pro-offending attitudes, plus the more typical patterns of sexual offending (rape, sexual abuse/assault, computer crimes against children and trafficking) committed by juvenile and adult sex offenders. This presentation will highlight (via video taped interviews with various sex offenders) some of the more common pathways to developing and maintaining deviant sexual interests and criminal sexual behavior. The presenter will review various studies that examined the number of detected vs. undetected offenders and sexual crimes occurring in our communities, the true rate of false allegations and the average degree of “cross-over” or “crime switching” behavior sex offenders disclose having engaged in during treatment/polygraph.