Overview of Sex Offenders (cont.)

• Typically high school graduates

• More likely to be employed

• Score low risk on traditional scales

• Do not “age out” of sex offending behavior

• Only 4% have severe mental illness

(Adult Sex Offenders in Oregon, 1994; D’amora, 1999)

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