Title: Characteristics Of Child Abusers - How They Appear In Life
Headings: What Child Abusers Actually Look Like
What Child Abusers Actually Look Like
Hello, My Name is Child Abuser.
Characteristics of Child Abusers
1. Sexual offenders have access to many children
2. Pedophiles look like the average person
3. Sexual abusers are usually married or in a committed relationship
4. Child sexual abusers are known
5. Sexual offenders create, foster, then maintain a relationship with your child
6. Sexual offenders are not necessarily pedophiles
7. Sexual offenders are poor, rich, and in between
8. Child sexual abusers have below level intelligence, high level intelligence, and in between
9. Sexual offenders are not psychotic
10. Sexual offenders are not obviously creepy
11. Sexual offenders are convincing and canny
12. Sexual offenders overwhelmingly identify as religious
Moral of the story: Don’t base your trust in a person on how they look.
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Content: Anna Salter
1. Sexual offenders have access to many children
One study indicated that offenders who victimize females have an average of 20 victims and those who victimize males an average of 150. This means the sexual offender has a job, position, or habits that put him near children with frequency. It is not someone who happens upon a girl in an alleyway, but someone who is regularly interacting with our children. 2. Pedophiles look like the average person
We give true predators an edge when we expect sexual offenders to be the creepy guy with a hood on staring at our kids. Surely that’s a dangerous situation, but offenders are more commonly average people. Not the outcast alone at an event, but the one running around greeting everyone gaining trust. Just as you can not look at a person and know their favorite type of food, you cannot tell a sexual offender by their appearance, only by their actions. 3.