Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: B, The University of Hong Kong, language: English, abstract: According to HK police data in 2001, every year, there are about a hundred of rapes and nearly a thousand of indecent assaults reported to police in Hong Kong. Therefore, sexual offenders are one of the commonly seen criminals in Hong Kong and we have to deal with the problem by looking into its cause, effects and ways for prevention.