WE might want to be more specific about "sex offenders" as a useful category. I suspect rather different repeat rates and such for child molesters and those who rape adults, so those who use various terms may not be speaking of quite the same thing. For instance, those who rape their own children may be more likely to get "treatment" in the goal of "reuniting" the family. Rapists of adults may remain more in denial, and are likely to repeat, but they are so rarely caught at all, that might affect the official "recidivism" rates, which are defined only by a second _conviction_. Sorry I don't have any stats handy. Just a thought, Lisa Rogers
