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"Community notification is a very popular social policy, largely because of the belief that sex offenders have alarmingly high recidivsm rates. In actuality, sex offense recidivism is lower than commonly believed. Studies by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Canadian governments suggest that 5% to 14% of sex offenders are re-arrested for new sex crimes within a 3- to 6-year follow-up period. Longer follow-up studies have found that after 15 years, the vast majority (about three quarters) of convicted sex offenders had not been re-arrested for a new sex crime. All these studies involved very large sample sizes ranging from about 4,700 to 29,000 subjects." (page 723-724, Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law by Brian L. Cutler, Vol. 2)

11. It is not so that female and sometime male may face sexual abuse by person only once or twice but sex offenders may keep on committing the crime unless they are apprehended by the grip of law. Recidivism means repetition. Recidivism of sex offenders has been noted by learned author (supra) in the Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law (supra) as under :

"One study found that rates of sexual re-offense for incest offenders (those who offend against family members ) ranged between 4% and 10%; rates of sexual recidivsm for child molesters with female victims ranged between 10% and 29%; rates of sexual recidivism for child molesters with male victims ranged between 13% and 40%; rates of sexual recidivism for rapists ranged between 7% and 35%' and rates of sexual recidivism for exhibitionists (those who expose themselves in public) ranged between 41% and 71%."
12. Diagnosis of schizophrenia (negatively scored)
13. Phallometric test results indicating deviant sexual interests
14. Psychopathy Checklist (Revised) score." (page 729 Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law, Vol. 2)

12. Apart from above, male or female (boys or girl) may suffer from psychological disorder like autism, schizophrenia and other alike disease with immaturity to understand their own well being. Lata Singh's case (supra) does not lay down any guideline or condition to understand the intelligence quotient or mental status or level of maturity of male or female who wants to live together.