title: Child molestation, rape, and ethnicity.
abstract: Of 206 convicted sex offenders in a men's prison a disproportionate number of child molesters were white and a disproportionate number of rapists were black. Of the 758 inmates in general, a disproportionate number of both child molesters and rapists were white (n = 171 vs 35 black men).
authors.affiliation: Southern Desert Correctional Center, Indian Springs, Nevada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Templer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009505:Nevada; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*