One of the most important questions a victim of childhood sexual abuse, their family, friends and society in general faces when dealing with the aftermath of child sexual abuse is: whether the victim is doomed to be maladjusted and grow up to be an adult sexual offender?, it is a fact that at least 30% of adult sex offenders were sexually abused as children and/or teens, (Myths and Facts about Sex Offenders). Most sexual offenders have no history of being sexually victimized as a child, which is good news, which means the prevalence for sexual deviancy does not originate solely from victims of childhood sexual abuse.
“Most victims of childhood sexual abuse do not go on to become child molesters. However, sexual …show more content…
youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized; Children are most vulnerable to CSA between the ages of 7 and 13.” (Spatz Widom) This means that several people in your life have been sexual victims as children or will be victims of sexual abuse, sexual assault or some other type of sexual incident, these statistics remind us of the urgency for preventing these crimes and effectively treating its