some 2,500 complaints are filed annually in Israel regarding sexual assaults against minors under 14
Kadman, executive director of the National Council for the Child
that over the past several years no fewer than 100,000 of this country's children have suffered some degree of sexual molestation
Most cases never reach the courts and most offenders aren't brought to justice
sentences meted out to pedophiles tend to be exceptionally lenient
hardcore repeat offenders are hardly supervised after they are released back to society
not only do judges sometimes impose ludicrously mild punishments for pedophilia but they often fail to impose even the minimum stipulated by law
punishment for offenses against children tends to be significantly lighter than for offenses against adults
300 convicted sex offenders, most of them pedophiles, are released from prison each year and, despite existing legislation, aren't supervised
Most are repeat offenders
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