Profile of a Pedophile
From
Charles Montaldo,
Pedophiles Can Be Anyone:
Pedophiles can be anyone -- old or young,
rich or poor, educated or uneducated,
non-professional or professional, and of any
race. However, pedophiles often demonstrate
similar characteristics, but these are merely
indicators and it should not be assumed that
individuals with these characteristics are
pedophiles. But knowledge of these
characteristics coupled with questionable
behavior can be used as an alert that someone
may be a pedophile.
Characteristics of a Pedophile
:
- Often the pedophile is male and over 30 years of age.
- Single or with few friends in his age group.
- If married, the relationship is more "companion" based with no sexual relations.
- He is often vague about time gaps in employment which may indicate a loss in employment for questionable reasons or possible past incarceration.
Pedophiles Like Child-like
Activities:
- He is often fascinated with children and child activities appearing to prefer those activities to adult oriented activities.
- He will often refer to children in pure or angelic terms using descriptives like innocent, heavenly, divine, pure, and other words that describe children but seem inappropriate and exaggerated.
- He has hobbies that are child-like such as collecting popular expensive toys, keeping reptiles or exotic pets, or building plane and car models.
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Pedophiles Often Prefer
Children Close to Puberty:
- Pedophiles often have a specific age of child they target. Some prefer younger children, some older.
- Often his environment or a special room will be decorated in child-like decor and will appeal to the age and sex of the child he is trying to entice.
- Many pedophiles often prefer children close to puberty who are sexually inexperienced, but curious about sex.
Pedophiles Work Around
Children: The pedophile will often be
employed in a position that involves daily
contact with children. If not employed, he will
put himself in a position to do volunteer work
with children, often in a supervisory capacity
such as sports coaching, contact sport
instruction, unsupervised tutoring or a position
where he has the opportunity to spend
unsupervised time with a child.
The Target Child: The
pedophile often seeks out shy, handicapped, and
withdrawn children, or those who come from
troubled homes or under privileged homes. He
then showers them with attention, gifts,
taunting them with trips to desirable places
like amusement parks, zoo's, concerts, the beach
and other such places.
Manipulation of the Innocent:
Pedophiles work to master their
manipulative skills and often unleash them on
troubled children by first becoming their
friend, building the the child's self esteem.
They may refer to the child as special or
mature, appealing to their need to be heard and
understood then entice them with adult type
activities that are often sexual in content such
as x-rated movies or pictures. They offer them
alcohol or drugs to hamper their ability to
resist activities or recall events that
occurred.
Stockholm Syndrome : It
is not unusual for the child to develop feelings
for the predator and desire their approval and
continued acceptance. They will compromise their
innate ability to decipher good and bad
behavior, ultimately justifying the criminal's
bad behavior out of sympathy and concern for the
adults welfare. This is often compared to
Stockholm Syndrome - when victims become
attached emotionally to their captors.
The Single Parent: Many
times pedophiles will develop a close
relationship with a single parent in order to
get close to their children. Once inside the
home, they have many opportunities to manipulate
the children -- using guilt, fear, and love to
confuse the child. If the child's parent works,
it offers the pedophile the private time needed
to abuse the child.
Fighting Back:
Pedophiles work hard at stalking their targets
and will patiently work to develop relationships
with them. It is not uncommon for them to be
developing a long list of potential victims at
any one time. Many of them believe that what
they are doing is not wrong and that having sex
with a child is actually "healthy" for the
child.
Almost all pedophiles have a collection of pornography, which they protect at all costs. Many of them also collect "souvenirs" from their victims. They rarely discard either their porn or collections for any reason.
One factor that works against the pedophile is that eventually the children will grow up and recall the events that occurred. Often pedophiles are not brought to justice until such time occurs and victims are angered by being victimized and want to protect other children from the same consequences.
