Studies of the dark figure of sexual offending using federal correctional clients reported significant evidence of previously unknown or hidden sexual violence, often among clients with no official criminal history. Unfortunately, research has produced variable estimates of how large the dark figure is. The current study sought to replicate recent studies of federal sexual offenders about the dark figure of sexual offending. We also extended the knowledge base by providing additional correlational analyses to see whether self‐reported and official sexual offending have shared or divergent correlates. Overall, 73.8% of federal sexual offenders reported prior contact victims, which is higher than, but generally consistent with, prior prevalence estimates of 55–69% in studies of federal correctional clients. In the current data, clients convicted of child pornography possession or receipt and who had no official record of sexual abuse nevertheless reported contact sexual offenses in more than 59% of cases.

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性犯罪的阴暗面：复制和延伸

对使用联邦教养客户的性犯罪的阴暗人物的研究报告了大量证据，表明以前未知或隐藏的性暴力，通常是在没有正式犯罪记录的客户中。不幸的是，研究得出了暗数有多大的可变估计。当前的研究试图复制关于联邦性犯罪者关于性犯罪的黑暗人物的最新研究。我们还通过提供附加的相关分析来扩展知识库，以查看自我报告的犯罪和官方的性犯罪是否具有共同或不同的相关性。总体而言，有73.8％的联邦性犯罪者报告有先前的接触受害者，这比联邦教养对象的研究中55-69％的先前患病率估计值高，但通常与之一致。在当前数据中