Re: Statistics on Juvenile Sex Offenses

["MJ McCarry, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Rd, Bristol BS8 1TZ, Tel: 0117 954 6983" <M.J.McCarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

perhaps it is the Messerschmidt (2000) article which you refer to:

"[a] significant proportion of all male sexual offences are committed by 
persons younger than the age of 18 years.  Approximately 25 percent of all 
rapes and 50 percent of all known cases of child sexual abuse can be 
attributed to adolescent-male sex offenders (Davis and Leitenberg, 1987; 
Fehrenbachetal, 1986; Ryan, 1997)."
Reference: Messerschmidt, J. W. (2000) 'Becoming "Real Men": Adolescent 
Masculinity Challenges and Sexual Violence' Men and Masculinities, Vol. 2 
No. 3, pp. 286-307.

Hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Melanie


--On 29 September 2004 16:52 -0400 RobertELongo@xxxxxxx wrote:

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> Hello List:
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> Somewhere I saw a statistic that suggests that between 30-50% of sex
> crimes against children are committed by youth under the age of 18. Does
> anyone have a reference or cite for that statistic?
> Rob Longo
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