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Article: Pedophilia in the correctional system.
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
- Author:
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No subject generates more strongly held opinions and fewer facts than pedophilia, not only in the correctional system but in society outside the walls. As their numbers grow, pedophiles begin to rep-resent a major issue for prisons. Between 1988 and 1990, the child molester population increased by 48 percent. Today, 43,522 child molesters are in state prisons. In some state systems, one-third of inmates are sex offenders, two-thirds of whom committed their crimes against children. The issue is far larger in society as a whole because 80 percent of convicted child molesters serve no prison time and therefore remain in the community. Very few of the remaining 20 percent ...
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