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Few crimes provoke more public anger than child molestation, a sexual offense against a prepubescent child. And, yet, this type of crime occurs with alarming frequency. Statistics on the exact number of child molestation cases are difficult to come by. (One reason for this lack of stats is that the National Crime Victimization Survey, one of the most reliable measures of crime, reaches out only to people older than 12.) However, of all acts of child abuse with kids aged 1-17, over 8 percent constituted sexual abuse.