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Table 1 Demographics of the sex offender population

From: An examination of the relationship between childhood abuse, anger and violent behavior among a sample of sex offenders

 

All (n = 571)

Rapists (n = 124)

Child molesters (n = 438)

Anger

227 (39.8 %)

76 (61.3 %)

146 (33.3 %)

Violence

122 (21.4 %)

74 (59.7 %)

44 (10.1 %)

Verbal

171 (30 %)

79 (63.7 %)

87 (19.9 %)

Weapon

87 (15.3 %)

64 (51.6 %)

20 (4.6 %)

Hx of abuse

224 (41.6 %)

44 (36.7 %)

178 (43.4 %)