Many sexual offenders begin to commit sexual crimes in adolescence. A growing number of adolescent sexual offenders are being apprehended and convicted. In this survey, it was found that many of them began to learn about sex prior to puberty and had sexual relations with adults who were gener ally eight years older than the offender.
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