Editorial: The uncomfortable truth about sex crimes / New Scientist, Magazine issue 2592, 24 Feb 2007
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"Most of these offences are committed by people we might count as friends. Sex offenders are a breed apart, notorious recidivists who are driven by deviant sexual desires. That, at least, is the common perception. The facts are rather different. Most sex offenders do not fit any psychiatric diagnosis related to sexual deviance. Reconviction rates for this group as a whole are relatively low compared with other types of criminals. Most importantly, the majority are not a breed apart." [Sub Required]