ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION TO SEX CRIMES is chapter is designed to introduce the reader to sex crimes, sexually based o—enders, and the proper scienti”c methods used to successfully investigate and prosecute these crimes and o—enders. It is important to note that crime, criminology, and investigatory techniques and methods, as well as o—enders, o—ender methodology, and crime evasion techniques are constantly evolving. As a scholar-practitioner, it is the reader’s duty and responsibility to use the knowledge and experience gained through education, training, and ”eld experience to move the ”eld of criminal investigations forward with new techniques, methods, and technologies. We commit ourselves to this endeavor not for ourselves but for the innocent who cannot protect themselves from those who would victimize them.
