Not all persons convicted of sex offense are considered pedophiles.

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However, the stigmatism of teh label will forever follow me, because when a background check is run on me even though I havent had a conviction since July of 1996 for any criminal offense the sex offense still is reported to the prospective employer. every single job I applied for I was turned down because of the sex offense conviction.

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Based on interviews with 281 adult and teen sex offenders whose median age of offense was 15, the report examines the long-term effects of subjecting adolescents to restrictions originally intended for adults convicted of serious sex offenses.

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