T.H.E. | Relevant Research

Sex offenders are dangerous. Research on sex offenders has found:

You have no idea how much offending these guys do (44 sex crimes per year per offender).

Official records of sex offending reveal only the tip of the iceberg.

Variety is the spice of life, especially for sex offenders. A child molester is also a rapist. A rapist is also a child molester.

Specialized sex offender treatment is both wishful thinking and missing the boat.

Not only does an incest offender want his daughter, he wants yours too.

You may think they are fixed, but sex offenders are still broken when you let them loose.

Children are frequently victimized by both their families and the criminal justice system.

Reunification does not help the victim.

Current community-based outpatient treatment programs do not adequately control sex offenders. A more restrictive alternative is needed in the community

ACCESS TO VICTIMS = REOFFENSE = MORE VICTIMS.

Who we are talking about when we say "sex offenders," and why is there NO CURE for sex offending?

T.H.E. is focused only on hands-on, repetitive adult sex offenders (HORASOs). (We are not focused on the lesser problem of female offenders, onetime offenders or child offenders.)

People who use their own sexuality as means of manipulating and abusing others 1) know they are deviant, and 2) are not about to give up their source of sexual pleasure unless they are made to do so. This means that HORASOs cannot be cured; they can only be controlled.

What do we mean by sex abuse, how are we defining sex abuse?

SEX ABUSE IS:
1) Unwanted sexual experiences ranging from touching (of breasts or genitals) to rape, and
2) A sexual experience that meets the criminal-code definition of sexual assault.

SEX ABUSE is NOT (for the purposes of our conservative research definition):
1) Exhibitionism and other experiences that involve NO ACTUAL CONTACT or attempted contact, or
2) Sexual contact with a peer -- for example: sex play between cousins, siblings, or playmates of approximately the same age.

What about the sex offender? Does he keep sexually abusing people?

According to a 1983 Gene Abel breakthrough study of 411 sex offenders, on average each sex offender had 336 victims.

In 1998, a Colorado Department of Corrections study of sex offenders found the following:

Official records showed 2 known victims per offender.

After the 1^st polygraph, sex offenders disclosed an average of 165 victims per offender.

After the 2^nd polygraph, sex offenders disclosed an average of 184 victims per offender.

Are rapists more or less dangerous than molesters?

In 1999, Sean Ahlmeyer found out of a sample of 117 inmate sex offenders, 74% self-reported that they had committed offenses with either victims of different ages (adults and children) and/or victims of different sexes (males and females).

This study indicates that rapists and child molesters are equally dangerous, with most preying on all kinds of victims.

For more information, please contact:

Teaching Humane Existence (T.H.E.)
7995 East Hampden Avenue, Suite 208
Denver, Colorado 80231
phone 303.504.6188
fax 303.504.6219