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Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Victims Statistics  - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm  Information, statistics, and publications about criminal victimization in the United States and related data collections.  Hidden Sexual Victimization - An International Study  - http://www.fh-niederrhein.de/fb06/victimology/I.htm  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.  Robert Hare, PhD - Study of Psychopaths  - http://www.hare.org/  Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), with demonstrated reliability and validity, is rapidly being adopted worldwide as the standard instrument for researchers and clinicians.  Female Sexual Abusers: A Theory of Loss  - http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume2/j2_4_1.htm  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.  Psychopathy Checklist (PCL/PCL-R)  - http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/list/clipsy/hdb/Volume_03/Issue_03/030203.sgm.abs.html  A review and meta-analysis of the psychopathy checklist and psychopathy checklist-revised: predictive validity of dangerousness.  Sexual Offence Recidivism: Prediction versus Understanding  - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5761/RECIDIVI.htm  This paper identifies from the literature risk factors for reoffending in convicted sex offenders.  Psychopathic Personality Commitment Law  - http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/1994/psycho.htm  Provides for indefinite civil commitment of dangerous sex offenders to the Department of Human Services for treatment.  Age of Consent - Sexual Consent Ages From Around The World  - http://www.ageofconsent.com/  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.  Criminal Justice Profile  - http://www.pls.lib.ca.us/healthysmc/12/contents.html  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."  Sex Offender Accountability Program  - http://www.koyote.com/users/hunt/  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.  Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation  - http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html  Scientific research does not provide any evidence that gay men or lesbians are any more likely than heterosexuals to molest children.  Child Sex Abuse: Internet Crimes  - http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/pedoweb.htm  Brief overview of pedophiles on the Web.  Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse -- Later Criminal Consequences  - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/abuse.txt  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.  Sex Crimes, Punishment, and Therapy  - http://www.csun.edu/~psy453/crimes_y.htm  Is chemical castration an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders?  Dangerousness: Predicting Recidivism in Violent Sex Offenders  - http://www.corpus-delicti.com/danger.html  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.  Crimes Against Children: The Nature and Threat of Sexual Predators on the Internet  - http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju58269.000/hju58269_0.HTM  Hearing before the subcommittee on crime of the committee on the judiciary, House of Representatives.  Reducing Deviant Arousal Using Vicarious Sensitization  - http://www.northwestmedia.com/vs/report.html  A conditioning method to reduce deviant arousal in adolescent sex offenders.  How To Survive in Prison as an Innocent Man Convicted of a Sex Crime  - http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume9/j9_3_6.htm  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 Offender Community Notification  - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/162364.txt  Registration legislation is intended to deter offenders from committing new offenses and create a registry to assist law enforcement investigations.  Juvenile Justice Bulletin- Offenders in Juvenile Court, 1994  - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/offender.txt  This Bulletin, and the larger report on which it is based, present important information about the youth seen in the Nation's juvenile courts.  Carpenter's Forensic Science Resources  - http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/  Categorized collection of links.  Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community  - http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/sexoff.txt  Results of a national telephone survey identifying how probation and parole agencies managed adult sex offenders.  The Sex Offender: Corrections, Treatment, and Legal Practice  - http://ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume9/j9_1_br20.htm  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.  John Howard Society of Alberta - Sex Offender Recidivism  - http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/docs/sxoffend/page1.htm  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.  Economics of Implementing Intensive In-prison Sex-offender Treatment Programs  - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi134.html  Since the mid-1980s economic evaluation has become an essential appraisal tool of health and related social services.  Mixing of Sex Offenders in Custodial Drug Treatment and Therapeutic Community Units  - http://www.attc.ucsd.edu/cj/symposia/011999.htm  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.  Campus Crime and Victimization  - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa99/chap21-4.htm  Crime on college and university campuses first captured media attention in the mid-1980s and brought the issue into public view.  Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report  - http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/nationalreport99/toc.html  A comprehensive source of information about juvenile crime, violence, and victimization.  Juvenile Sex Offender Research Bibliography  - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/juvsexoff/sexbibalpha.html  A comprehensive bibliography of scholarly research and literature relating to juvenile sex offenders.  Community Protection Research Project: WSIPP  - http://www.wa.gov/wsipp/projects/comprot.html  In 1990, the Washington State Legislature passed one of the country's most comprehensive reforms addressing community protection from sex offenders.  1996 National Victim Assistance Academy  - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa/ch21-8cc.htm  Federal legislation that requires colleges to compile and publish annual campus security reports.  For Those Who Are Not Repeat Sex Offenders or Sexual Predators, Seeking to Be Castrated  - http://hometown.aol.com/USCCCN/castration.index.html  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.  Juvenile Sex Offender Research Bibliography  - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/juvsexoff/sexbibtopic.html  A comprehensive bibliograhy of scholarly research and literature relating to juvenile sex offenders.  Still No Takers Under Texas Castration Law  - http://www2.utmb.edu/pleich/updates.htm  Texas become the first state in the U.S. to specifically approve surgical castration for offenders convicted of certain sex crimes.  Assessing Violent Recidivism in Sexual Offenders  - http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume10/j10_6.htm  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.  Abusive Behaviors Alleged in Two Samples of Likely False Allegations  - http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume6/j6_2_3.htm  A preliminary descriptive study to examine the types of abusive behaviors described when sexual abuse allegations are likely false.  Research on Child Molestation: Child Molesters Rarely Serve `Serious Time'  - http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/cheit.html  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.  Sexual Villainy: A Sex Offender Profile  - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/6027/research.htm  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.  Sex Offender Programming  - http://198.103.98.138/text/prgrm/correctional/sexoff_e.shtml  For clinicians and professionals working with sexual offenders, it comes as no surprise that many offenders deny their offences.  1996 Victims' Rights Sourcebook: A Compilation and Comparison of Victims' Rights Laws  - http://www.ncvc.org/resources/reports/sourcebook/  PDF files covering key rights of crime victims provided for under U.S. and state laws.