 Pedophilia is a condition in which an adult or older adolescent is primarily or exclusively attracted to prepubescent children, whether the attraction is acted upon or not.A person with this attraction is called a "pedophile".In law enforcement, the term "pedophile" is sometimes used to describe those accused or convicted of child sexual abuse under sociolegal definitions of "child" (including both prepubescent children and adolescents younger than the local age of consent); however, not all child sexual offenders are pedophiles and not all pedophiles engage in sexual abuse of children.