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Facts v. Myths on Recidivism

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Myths - Sex offenders and former offenders have the highest recidivism risk.

Fact – The Bureau of Justice Statistics shows people convicted of property theft have the highest risk to re-offend, drunk drivers have the second highest re-offense risk and people who kill have the next highest risk of re-offending.  In fact, ex-convicts with a NON-Sex offense charge are 87% more likely to commit a sex offense than a convicted offender in therapy is.

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Myths - Some politicians and media personalities will tell you that sex offenders or former sex offenders have a 95% re-offense rate.

Fact – This chart breaks down the offender types, the Sex Offense - Child Molestation Cases are an average of ten (10) different studies.

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Myths - Sex offenders and former sex offenders cannot be cured and therefore must be locked up or banished from society for the rest of their lives.

Fact – This chart shows the re-offense risk based on statistics from a variety of sources, including the DOJ, state D.O.C.'s and independent studies by therapist as posted in the IPT Journal.

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Myths - Some politicians and media personalities will tell you that sex offenders or former sex offenders have a 95% re-offense rate.

Fact – This chart shows the breakdown of independent studies over the past 16 years, averaged out, the re-offense rate is 6.84%.  A far cry from the 95% you hear in election year speeches or media sound bites by the "experts".

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