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Sex Offender Facts
- Sex offenders come from all walks of life and from all socio-economic groups. They can be male or female, rich or poor, employed or unemployed, religious or non-religious, highly educated or uneducated or from any race.
- The suspect is known to the victim in OVER 90% of sex crimes. In other words, the suspect is a parent, relative, caretaker, neighbor, co-worker or significant other.
- Strangers can be "good guys" or "bad guys" (this includes females). Persons known to you or your children can be "good guys" or "bad guys" (again, this includes females).
- Sixty-seven percent of adults convicted of felony sex crimes in fiscal year 1995 had no prior criminal history.
- Many pedophiles seek out mothers of single parent families for the purpose of victimizing their children. As an example, the following was taken directly from a sex offender's treatment summary:
"During treatment..(Name).. disclosed that he has been sexually assaulting children, males and females since he was 8 or 9 years old. His victims range in age from 2 to 10 years old. He groomed his victims by keeping candy, popsicles, and children’s toys in his apartment. He raised birds to attract children; took children to the park, beach and Mc Donald’s; and used children he was baby-sitting to gain access to other victims. He groomed the parents by offering free baby-sitting; helping out by providing transportation and money "when they needed it". He disclosed he gains access by targeting single parents with a large number of children who are not good housekeepers. In his words, "a mother who doesn’t give a damn."
- Most sex offenders "groom" their victims prior to any sexual abuse. As an example, the following was taken directly from a sex offender's treatment summary:
"He played the part of (Name) ‘s best friend by being around her as much as possible and telling her she could always come to him if she needed someone to talk to. He helped (Name) do her homework and her household chores. He played games with (Name) and took her to the park. Other places he took her were the malls, toy stores, clothing stores, and swimming pools. He gave (Name) money and bought her things, such as new toys, board games, a bike and expensive clothing. When he was baby-sitting (Name), he would tell her she could do anything she wanted. He told (Name) if she would let him do what he wanted to her, he would buy her things. To keep her quiet, he told (Name) that if her mother found out about what "we" were doing, she would be mad and it would be all (Name)’s fault."
- As of June 30th, 2004:
- There were 16,751 inmates in Washington state prisons; 3,082 or 18.4% were sex offenders.
- California had 106,751 registered sex offenders living in the community. That is equivalent to the entire population of Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Jefferson, Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason and Pend Oreille counties combined.
- Texas had 43,631 registered sex offenders living in the community.
- Florida had 31,933 registered sex offenders and sex predators living in the community.
- Washington State had 18,298 registered sex offenders living in the community. 4,032 of those are registered in King County. 1,430 of the King County offenders live within the city limits of seattle.
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