Original sentence: The experience of sexual abuse as a child was previously thought to be a strong risk factor, but the empirical evidence for this is weak, as the vast majority of sexually abused children do not grow up to be adult offenders
Edited sentence: The experience of sexual abuse as a child was previously thought to be a strong risk factor, but the empirical evidence for this is very weak, as the vast majority of sexually abused children do not grow up to be adult offenders