The law reforms of 1969 and 1973 were significant, as they moved away from moralizing judgments about sexual behavior and focused on preventing damage to victims. In September 1993, a new law was introduced to prosecute sexual acts with minors committed by Germans abroad. This law aims at preventing pedophile sex tourism as well as child prostitution in Third World countries by threatening potential offenders with imprisonment for up to 15 years. National survey studies show that between 1987 and 1991, 690,000 women were victims of sexual violence, compared to only 60,000 cases reported to the police in the same time period. Two- thirds of sexual violence against women occurred within the family or the household; yet sexual violence committed by husbands is rarely brought to the attention of the police. The most common form of treatment for sex offenders is still punishment according to the stipulations of the penal code. This punishment may consist of a fine, a probation order, or incarceration. Treatment approaches other than punishment include various kinds of psychotherapeutic approaches that depend on the various kinds of psychotherapeutic approaches that depend on the expertise of the therapist, social therapy, antiandrogen treatment with cyproterone acetate, psychopharmacology, and surgical castration (rarely). Within the general prison system, the chances of a sex offender receiving specific treatment are low. 2 notes, 6 figures, and 37 references