The 1990 Washington State Legislature passed an ambitious law relating to community protection from sex offenders called the Community Protection Act. The legislature appropriated funds to assist in paying for the juvenile's treatment. Youth can be treated while living in his own home or an alternative community placement and certified treatment providers are available. There are no socio-economic factors that distinguish the sexual assaulter fromt he general population. A large majority of offenders are known to and often related to the victim.
Most victims are between the ages of four and five or ten and thirteen.
There are different types of sexual offending behavior, including exposure, fondling, genital contact, and intercourse. Deviant sexual interest patterns generallly develop betweent he ages of twelve and fifteen. Adolescents commit 5,000 - 16,000 sexual assaults per 100,000 in the population. Adolescents do cooperate in treatment, even though they minimize their behavior. Adolescents are more amenable to change than adult offenders.