Federal legislation that requires colleges to compile and publish annual campus security reports.

PDF files covering key rights of crime victims provided for under U.S. and state laws.

A preliminary descriptive study to examine the types of abusive behaviors described when sexual abuse allegations are likely false.

The most definitive source on age of consent (sexual consent/coming of age laws) and sex laws in the United States, Canada and the world.

Forensic and clinical psychologists have long been asked to make predictions about violence, despite the fact that, in the past, such predictions have been notoriously inaccurate.

Sexual research database of the Netherlands Institute of Social Sexological Research. (NISSO)

Information, statistics, and publications about criminal victimization in the United States and related data collections.

Crime on college and university campuses first captured media attention in the mid-1980s and brought the issue into public view.

Categorized collection of links.

Brief overview of pedophiles on the Web.

In 1990, the Washington State Legislature passed one of the country's most comprehensive reforms addressing community protection from sex offenders.

Hearing before the subcommittee on crime of the committee on the judiciary, House of Representatives.

The annual Criminal Justice Profile series supplements and expands on the data provided in the Law Enforcement Information Center (LEIC) "Crime and Delinquency in California."

A research project undertaken to provide empirical data that would assist in the application of the dangerous offender provisions.

When a violent sex offender has been tried and convicted of his crime(s), he may be proffered to a mental health facility of some variable nature for assessment and treatment.

Since the mid-1980s economic evaluation has become an essential appraisal tool of health and related social services.

Scientific research does not provide any evidence that gay men or lesbians are any more likely than heterosexuals to molest children.

Awareness about female sexual abuse perpetrators has increased in recent years. The best estimates put female perpetrators of sexual abuse at about 20% for male children and 5% for female children.

As a proven-effective, alternative and currently the law in California, Florida, Montana, Texas and Georgia, and under current consideration by an ever-increasing number of American states.

Hidden sexual victimization is the term referring to those sexual victimizations which are not reported to the police and which are therefore usually hidden from our view.

This article includes some strong views that may be surprising and challenging. It is believed there are many innocent men and women in prison who were wrongly convicted of sex offenses.

Sex offenders are of grave concern to the public due to the nature of sexual offending. This information sheet is intended to provide a quick overview of the research on this topic.

This Bulletin, and the larger report on which it is based, present important information about the youth seen in the Nation's juvenile courts.

A comprehensive source of information about juvenile crime, violence, and victimization.

A comprehensive bibliography of scholarly research and literature relating to juvenile sex offenders.

A comprehensive bibliograhy of scholarly research and literature relating to juvenile sex offenders.

Results of a national telephone survey identifying how probation and parole agencies managed adult sex offenders.

As more and more treatment becomes available, a particular problem was noted: the referral into drug treatment of individuals with sex offenses in their criminal files along with a substance abuse problem.

Provides for indefinite civil commitment of dangerous sex offenders to the Department of Human Services for treatment.

A review and meta-analysis of the psychopathy checklist and psychopathy checklist-revised: predictive validity of dangerousness.

A conditioning method to reduce deviant arousal in adolescent sex offenders.

An electronic analysis of the outcomes for those charged with child molestation from 1985-1993 revealed that 70 percent of those found guilty did not serve jail time.

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), with demonstrated reliability and validity, is rapidly being adopted worldwide as the standard instrument for researchers and clinicians.

Is chemical castration an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders?

The Sex Offender Accountability Program (SOAP) is a specialized caseload devoted to using the most progressive and effective supervision tools to monitor sexual abusers' compliance with conditions of community supervision.

Registration legislation is intended to deter offenders from committing new offenses and create a registry to assist law enforcement investigations.

For clinicians and professionals working with sexual offenders, it comes as no surprise that many offenders deny their offences.

Sexual Assault Surviellance System, Vol. 1, Issue 2, April 1998. Requires adobe acrobat to view report.

This paper identifies from the literature risk factors for reoffending in convicted sex offenders.

This research attempted to draw a general profile of the NRV sex offender by extracting information found in the forensic files, with hope that a portrayal of the average offender would make the community aware of the hidden sexual deviancy.

Texas become the first state in the U.S. to specifically approve surgical castration for offenders convicted of certain sex crimes.

These two volumes together give a complete and thorough overview of the relevant scientific and professional literature on dealing with those who commit sexual offenses. The books are organized in the manner of legal reference volumes.

Previous research established evidence for a cycle of violence: people who were abused and neglected in childhood are more likely than those who were not to become involved in criminal behavior, including violent crime, later in life.