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As with the case of children sexual
abuses Ninety percent of the victims know their
offender, with almost half of the offenders being a
family member. Of sexual assaults against people age
12 and up, approximately 80 percent of the victims
know the offender.
In the majority of cases, abusers gain
access to their victims through deception and
enticement, seldom using force. Abuse typically occurs
within a long-term, ongoing relationship between the
offender and victim and escalates over time
Sexual predator registry
Normally each and every state or county keeps a sexual
predator registry. This register contains all
information about the deemed sexual predators residing
within there jurisdiction. The sheriffs departments
normally maintain these registries and are responsible
for updating information about the offenders .also
they are suppose to do regular checkups of the
offender along with making sure that the sexual
predator follows all court directives. Sexual offender
registries can also be viewed online with the payment
of a minimal service fees. Along with several state
sex offender registries there is a central repository
data base containing information of all sexual
predators in the country. This database is maintained
by the united states department of justice and all
this data can be viewed at its official website.
However there is a chance that sometimes these records
might be misused and used to threaten and black mail
people with previous records of sexual offence and
even leading them to be physically abused. Hence these
records are only available for people who have more
serious and repeated cases of sexual abuse. The other
cases are normally closed and are not even there for
public view asit might lead to unnecessary public
vendetta against that person. |