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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 C $010=106. 3 : . “MAY 1962 EDITION 35 at an - - GOA GEM, REG PNG, 27 se es . To, UNITED STATES GOV:RNMENT & WG wy Memorandum | ee Conrad Felt TO; Mr, DeLoackl pate; 5-10-65 Pree EUG ee Y . Tavel _ FROM =. M. prices ; Tele, Room . . BY DR. PAUL GEBHARD, INDIANA UNIVERSITY b — MAY, 1965 ~— KOE fg BO te hy _ The above has written another "egg-head" article in which he makes light of the danger of sex offenders and he indicates that he and his associates are firmly convinced that "lurid" warnings to children concerning sex offenders "tend. to encourage a sort of paranoid fear of all strangers and all men" without preventing any significant number of offenses. He Says that the man who molestg a child is j usually not a stranger but someone who knows the child. He says that sexual crimes are far rarer than the headlines would indicate. His article is a summary of his book which will appear in July, 1965, and is the first of two articles to appear in this publication summarizing his book. The article to appear in June . will explain the misconceptions held by both sexes Concerning the attitude of each other toward sex, __ Bufiles reveal Gebhard was contacted in July, 1957, by the Bureau at Indiana University in connection with the collection of obscene material it held ~ for use in connection with its research, Gebhard declined to furnish the names of reveal their identities. 7 ~ OBSERVATIONS: ; There is, of course, no way that Gebhard or the Bureau can determine how many children have been saved from being molested by _ - vicious sex offenders and statistics are not maintained Concerning the acquaintanceship of the offender with ; increased by .9 percent. The 1964 preliminary release issued in March on crime nr Denibe cts a 19 percent overall increase in the forcible rape category which 4 ENG Oat: a ATTACH yn bk page LEI / ) <4 3 Mr: DeLoach 1 9, - & | arms bes 7 ‘pl 1- F %. Continued onnext page) ——