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naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

At least one Australian expert says between 3% as likely as men to 25% as likely as men to offend. See below.

You can just look stuff up you know.


Joe Sullivan has spent 26 years counselling child sex offenders in the United Kingdom and is visiting Australia to attend an international police conference at Bond University on the Gold Coast.

While experts agree the majority of paedophiles are men, Dr Sullivan says women are responsible for more offences than previously thought.

“What I can say for certain is that it’s way more prevalent than people fully appreciate or understand,” he told the ABC.

"There’s some research to suggest it could be as high as 25 per cent.

“However, when you look at the representation within the criminal justice system it could be as low as 3 to 4 per cent of overall convictions.”

source: www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-28/…/6428710^___^

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