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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 8:3 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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Deaf Sex Offenders in a Prison Population

Katrina Miller

University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

McCay Vernon

Very little is known about deaf sex offenders. This descriptive study of a population of 41 deaf sex offenders incarcerated by the state of Texas provides information about the prevalence of sexual offenders in the deaf prison population, the educational achievement and IQ scores of deaf offenders, and the incidence of secondary disabilities in this population. The rate of sexual offending by deaf offenders was 4 times the rate of sexual offending by hearing offenders with 30% recidivism in the population. Sexual offending by deaf adults is discussed in relation to the sexual abuse of deaf children. Sixty-two percent of deaf sex offenders were functionally illiterate, a literacy rate considerably below the average for deaf adults who remained in school until age 18 or above. However, the performance IQs of deaf sex offenders were comparable to those of the overall prison population.

Correspondence should be sent to Katrina Miller, University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, 4601 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205 (e-mail: krmille{at}uark.edu)

Received August 1, 2002; revised September 18, 2002; accepted September 24, 2002


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