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False
Sex offenders have a high rate of recidivism!
False
At any given time, there are 50,000 predators prowling for children on the Internet.
Factoid
estimates that there are more than 200,000 Web sites selling child pornography
True
96.5% of new sex offenses are committed by someone who has never committed a sex offense before!
Misleading
Sex offenders are four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another related crime after their discharge from prison.
True
94.7% of released sex offenders ARE NOT 4-times more likely to be arrested for another related crime after their discharge from prison.
 
 
True
Predators Online: "96.1% have never before had been convicted of a sex crime."
Dateline Series 2006: To Catch a Predator"

Misleading
Youth Online: "Approximately one in five received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet in the last year (2000)"
Misleading
Youth Online: "A recent study found that one in five children online is approached by a sexual predator, ..."
True
Youth Online: One in thirty-three received an aggressive sexual solicitation, a solicitor who asked to meet them somewhere; called them on the telephone; sent them regular mail, money, or gifts (2000).
True
Youth Online: One in four had an unwanted exposure to pictures of naked people or people having sex in the last year (2000).
True
Youth Online: One in seventeen was threatened or harassed (2000).

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