Sex crime roulette / The Age, 29 Jan 2007
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Geoff Wilkinson
"SEX offenders who commit further crimes are a small minority who can cause immense harm, according to a new study.But the study concludes that the task of reliably identifying potential repeat offenders is "extremely difficult, if not impossible". The research paper on recidivism of sex offenders found only 13.4 per cent were known to have committed a new sex offence within five years. "

Recidivism of Sex Offenders / Gelb, Karen, Sentencing Advisory Council, 2007
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