This blog was created to document our research for our sociology class. We will be looking at the perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Some Canadian Statistics about Perpetrators

  • 95% of child abuse victims know their perpetrator
  • 80% of all child abusers are the father, foster father, stepfather or another relative or close family friend of the victim
  • 97% of perpetrators are male
  • More than 40% of convicted child molesters were sexually abused as children and they tend to choose victims close to the age at which they had first been victimized.
  • 1 in 7 of those imprisoned for sexual offences against children are under the age of 21 years.
  • Some offenders have abused more than 70 children before there is any disclosure on the part of the victims
  • Incestuous relationships last an average of 7 years.
http://www.littlewarriors.ca/about_sexual_abuse/statistics.html
http://www.anxietycentre.com/abuse-statistics-information.shtml

Rose Marie

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