Child Molesters,What Do They Look Like?

WHY DO KIDS GET MOLESTED?
This is a crucial question if we are to successfully put an end to this terror that would darken a child's life and his whole future.
The reasons are of course diverse.To probe in to those reasons a better understanding of child molesters is of course mandatory.

We would think of course what more is there to understand about a creep who prefers to damage innocent kids. Well, you would be surprised.

Child molesters fall into four different categories, according to Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute.

1. Older children and teens that are sexually curious and find younger children an easy target for their sexual experimenting.

2. Some people who get intentions to molest a child due to a medical disorder, or due to being profoundly impaired intellectually

3. Some people with an antisocial personality who due to their personality do not care about the social norms, culture, religion and such issues

4. Pedophiles, a group of people with and ongoing sexual drive directed towards children.

While the first three groups usually contribute to around 5% of child abuse cases, the rest is due to pedophiles.

But the most important thing is all these four categories can be prevented.

This can be achieved by proper education and sexual guidance for teens and older children, strict close vigilance, drugs and psychological therapy for the rest. With early identification of characteristic behavior patterns more than 95% of the child molestation cases due to pedophiles are said to be preventable.

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CAN BE PREVENTED.

So how do we identify a child molester before he strikes?

 Contrary to the belief that he or she would be a stranger with a dirty disheveled appearance, most molesters tend to be the exact opposite.

 According to a publication by Advocates for Youth (1995)

• 96% were known to their victims
• 50% were acquaintances or friends
• 20% were fathers
• 16% were relatives
• AND ONLY 4% were strangers.

So what about the myth of a molester being an unmarried, unemployed, drunkard with poor educational background? 

Well, according to the Abel and Harlow Child Molestation Prevention Study and the 1999 U.S. Census Statistical Abstract,

• 77% were married or formerly married
• 46% had some college education
• 69% had a job
•  And 93% of them were religious.

In fact, it looks like the profile of the average child molester was almost similar to an average citizen.

SO WHAT SHOULD WE KEEP AN EYE ON?

To be Continued………

For your interest

1. http://www.childmolestationprevention.org/pages/prevention_plan.html

2.http://womensissues.about.com/od/girlsteensyoungwomen/f/-Of-Child-Sexual-Abuse.htm