As noted in the previous section, government data does not allow us to determine how many of these cases involved any use of force by one child against another. However, there are laws that specifically cite the use of force in their descriptions, and when a child is charged with “lewd conduct” as in the above picture from the registry, which makes no mention of use of force, one has to wonder if the activity being prosecuted was consensual between the children.

Of the four states providing date of birth, two of those also provided the date of registration. This allowed the calculation of the age at which each person first appeared on the registry. Here we find that although Georgia had only 16 juveniles on its registry when it was downloaded on August 21, 2007, there were 125 people on the registry who have been on it since they were juveniles, including three who were first registered when they were only 13. Kansan kids fare even worse. On that state’s registry, which had 120 juveniles when it was downloaded on August 17, 2007, there were 240 people who had been on it since before they turned 18, including two whose registration began at eleven.

Selection of State Sex Offender Registries with Age-at-Registration Data
State	Youngest	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total under 18
Georgia	13				3	3	8	31	79	125
Kansas	11		2	6	15	45	56	57	60	241

Finally, of the four states providing date of birth, two also provided the date of conviction for each offense (as shown in the example from Idaho above). These registries allowed the calculation of how old each person was when convicted of the crimes that got them on the registry. Here we find that Georgia has almost 500 people on its registry for crimes for which they were convicted while still juveniles, including one who was only eleven at that time. Since conviction often takes place a year or more after the subject offense, these people were even younger than indicated here when the activities for which they were convicted took place.

Selection of State Sex Offender Registries with Age-at-Conviction Data
State	Youngest	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total under 18
Georgia	11		1	1	20	45	72	107	247	499
Idaho	12			1	6	36	34	30	21	128

Initial estimates, based on the above statistics and to be tested by further analysis, indicate that approximately 19,000 people are on the sex offender registries of the United States who are either under 18 today or are registered as a result of offenses committed before they turned 18.

 

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