The serial killer has the same personality characteristics as the sex offender against children. Source:Dr. Mace Knapp, Nevada State Prison Physiologist

One of every seven victims (or 14% of all victims) of child sexual assault reported to law enforcement agencies were under the age of 6. Source:The Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center

1 in 4 girls will be sexually abused by age 18. Source: Russel, 1983; Finkelhor, 1978; DeFrancis, 1969

1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by age 18. Source: Nielson, 1983; Sgroi, 1978

Convicted child molesters who abused girls had an average of 52 victims each. Men who molested boys had an astonishing average of 150 victims. Source: In a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health Dr. Gene G. Abel, Emory University

The typical child sex offender molests an average of 117 children, most of whom do not report the offense. Source: The National Institute of Mental Health, 1988

More than 1/2 of all convicted sex offenders are sent back to prison within a year. Within 2 years, 77% are back. Source: California Department of Corrections

The behavior is highly repetitive, to the point of compulsion, rather than resulting from the lack of judgment. Source: Dr. Ann Burges, Dr. Nicholas Groth, et al. In a study of imprisoned offenders.

About 80% of child molesters are of normal intelligence or above. Source: Profiles from the FBI academy and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Approximately 800,000 children are reported missing in the United States each year, including runaways. About 200,000 of the missing children are the victims of family abductions, and about 58,000 are the victims of non-family abductions. Source: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. Source:The Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center

It is estimated that there are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse in America today. Source: Forward, 1993

Approximately 31% of women in prison state that they had been sexually abused as children.
Source: United States Department of Justice, 1991

Within 3 years following their release, 5.3% of sex offenders (men who had committed rape or sexual assault) were rearrested for another sex crime. On average the 9,691 sex offenders served 3 1/2 years of their 8-year sentence. Compared to non-sex offenders released from State prisons, released sex offenders were 4 times more likely to be rearrested for a sex crime. The 9,691 released sex offenders included 4,295 men who were in prison for child molesting. Source: U.S. Department of Justice 1997

Long term effects of child sexual abuse include fear, anxiety, depression, anger, hostility, inappropriate sexual behavior, poor self esteem, tendency toward substance abuse and difficulty with close relationships. Source: Browne & Finkelhor, 1986

In a 2000 Federal Bureau of Prisons study, 76% of offenders convicted of internet related crimes against children also admitted to sex contact crimes with children.

In a United States Postal Inspection Service study, 80% of purchasers of child pornography were active abusers. 

One in five U.S. teenagers who regularly log on to the Internet say they have received an unwanted sexual solicitation via the Web. Solicitations were defined as requests to engage in sexual activities or sexual talk, or to give personal sexual information. 
Crimes Against Children Research Center

About 25 percent of the youth who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent. Youth Internet Safety Survery

More than 59% of all sexual assaults go unreported to police.Source:The Sexual Assault & Trauma Resource Center

75% of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services. eMarketer