The aim of this paper is to investigate the current state of attitudes of the Croatian public about the treatment and rehabilitation of sexual offenders. The research seeks to determine the significance of differences in attitudes toward sex offenders. Furthermore, the research investigates the relationship between gender, age and achieved level of education with attitudes towards treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders, as well as differences in attitudes depending on whether the participants were victims of the crime and/or know a victim of a crime. Data were obtained online during May and June of 2022. The study conducted a convenient sample of N= 233, of which N= 173 is female (74.2%), N= 59 male (25.3%) and N=1 non-binary person (0.4%). The instrument “The Perceptions of Sex Offenders Scale” was applied and data were collected on gender, age, level of achieved education, political spectrum, the significance of religion and whether the participants were victims of a crime and/or whether they knew a victim of a crime. The results show predominantly positive attitudes towards treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders. A statistically significant relationship was found between the level of achieved education and attitudes, in which participants with a higher level of achieved education expressed more positive attitudes towards the treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders. Furthermore, no statistically significant relationship was found between age and attitudes toward treatment and rehabilitation, as well as gender. A statistically significant difference was not found in the participants who were victims of a crime and those who were not and those who knew a victim of a crime and those who do not know any victims of a crime.