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Hanson et al.(2018) propose a desistance theory for sex offenders based on a universal constant 0.02 rate where non-sex offenders-robbers, burglars, etc.-are thought to commit spontaneous sex offenses. Released sex offenders who cross the 0.02 threshold are thought to pose no more risk of committing a sex offense than non-sex offenders at that point, so there is no