Some people might think that Child molestation and Statutory rape are the some thing . Although they have many similarities, there is a big difference. And many different consequences.
Child Molestation involve an underage child, usually five to ten years of age. The child is forced and threaten to do the things the molester is telling him/her to do to them . Statistics show that sixteen percent of child molestation charges are reported to the police because the victim is too scared to tell anybody about it. Also the Molester is sentenced to twenty to twenty five years in federal prison. Statutory rape also includes minor usually between fourteen to eighteen years of age. Statutory rape can with happen one adult and one teen but, the difference