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What Do Child Molesters Look Like
Have you ever wondered what a person who physically, sexually or mentally assaults children looks like?
Most of us have a picture in our heads of some creepy, monster-type, who you can spot a mile away.
Statistics show though, that the Average Male who sexually abuses children is a mirror image of the Average American Male.
The Abel and Harlow Child Molestation Prevention Study and the 1999 U.S. Census Statistical Abstract.
Chart taken from The Stop Child Molestation Book By: Gene G. Abel, M.D. and Nora Harlow (Xlibris, 2001) Admitted Child Molesters All American Men
Married or Formerly Married
High School Graduate 77% 73%
Some College 46% 49%
Working 65% 64%
Religious 93% 93%
To put the statistics into words:
Child Molesters are very similar to the average American Male in most ways!
They are equally married, educated, employed and religious as the average American Male population. Furthermore, each ethnic group has child molesters among them and again, the percentages bear a close resemblance to the U. S. Census.
Does this mean that the average American Male is a Child Molester? No,
but it does mean that the child molesters among us are virtually invisible.
That is a scary thought.
Pair that with the statistics showing that 10% of child sexual assaults are committed by strangers,
but a staggering 90% are committed by family members and known acquaintances, and that's enough for almost any parent to not want to let their children out of their sight.
According to The Stop Child Molestation Book, by Gene G. Abel, M. D. and Nora Harlow, it is estimated that there are 42 MILLION adult survivors of child molestations, and 3 MILLION children currently being sexually assaulted in this country, and for every one case of CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT reported to the authorities, there are at least TWO that go unreported.
Child Molestation is an EMERGENCY. With such staggering statistics, and an invisible enemy, many parents are left wondering:
"How can I protect my child"?
The answer is EDUCATION and the COURAGE to apply it!
Educate yourself so you can educate your children.
Knowledge is the key to end the epidemic of child Molestation.
YOUR knowledge is worthless if you don't apply it!
You must have the same COURAGE our children have when they come to us and tell on their perpetrator, to then call and make the report to the proper Authorities...no matter who the perpetrator is!
This seems to be the most difficult part in Reporting this Crime and that has to STOP!
SCARY FACTS
Reports & Statistics
1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 14.
Source: Hopper, J. (1998). Child Sexual Abuse: Statistics, Research, Resources. Boston, MA Boston University School of Medicine.
1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 16.
Source: Hopper, J. (1998). Child Sexual Abuse: Statistics, Research, Resources. Boston, MA Boston University School of Medicine.
More than 90% of all sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator. Almost 50% of the offenders are household members and 38% are already acquaintances of the victims.
Source: US Department of Justice. (1997) and Finkelhor and Ormond. (2001).
The average serial child molester has between 360-380 victims in his lifetime.
Source: South Carolina Forcible Sex Crimes. (1999). Summary, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Columbia, SC.
Only 12% of all cases of child abuse are reported.
Source: Hanson, R.F., Resnick, H.S., Saunders, B.E., Kilpatrick, D.G., & Best, C. (1999). Factors Relating to the Reporting of Childhood Sexual Assault. Child Abuse and Neglect, (23) 559-569.
38% of girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.
16% of boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Source: www.womenofsubstance.org
The most common ages of children when sexual abuse occurs are between 8 and 12.
Source: David Finkelhor et al, A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse, Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1986
21.6% of women who reported being raped during their lifetime were under age 12 at the time of their first rape. 32.4% of these women were 12-17 years of age. Therefore, over half of all female rape victim/survivors surveyed in this study were under the age of 18 at the time of their first rape.
Source: Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, (NCJRS) 2000 (www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf)
Persons under 18 years of age account for 67% of all sexual assault victimizations reported to law enforcement agencies. Children under 12 years old account for 34% of those cases and children under six years account for 14% of those cases
Source: Snyder, Howard. "Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics." Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000.
1.8 million of the 22.3 million adolescents in the United States have been sexually assaulted
Source: Kilpatrick, D.G. and B.E. Saunders "The Prevalence and Consequences of Child Victimization: Summary of a Research Study by Dean Kilpatrick, Ph.D. and Benjamin Saunders, Ph.D." National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997
Juveniles are responsible for victimizing 40% of the child sexual assault victims under six years of age.
Source: Snyder, Howard. "Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics." Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000.
Teens 16 to 19 years of age were three and a half times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
Source: Rennison, Callie M. "Criminal Victimization 1999: Changes 1998-00 with Trends 1993-99." Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, August 2000.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, victims of rape and sexual assault report that in nearly 3 out of 4 incidents, the offender was not a stranger. Based on police-recorded incident data, in 90% of the rapes of children younger than 12, the child knew the offender.
Source: Greenfield, et al, 1997. Sex Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault. United States Department of Justice.
Like rape, child molestation is one of the most underreported crimes: only 1-10% are ever disclosed.
Source: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
2/3rds of babies born to teenage mothers were fathered by adult men, not the fellow classmates long suspected.
Source: The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1996 Based on a California Study
Just 14% of child victimizers used a weapon, compared to nearly half of those who victimized adults.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, March, 1996 "Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and Their Victims"
The United States has the world's highest rape rate of the countries that publish such statistics. It's 4 times higher than Germany, 13 times higher than England, and 20 times higher than Japan.
Source: National Victim Center
100 Children are kidnapped by strangers each year in the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, 2002
74 percent of abducted children who are murdered are killed within three hours of the abduction. In 80% of the cases, the initial contact between the killer and the victim was within 1/4 mile of the victim's residence, and the majority of cases (57%) were based solely on opportunity.
Source: Hanfland, Keppel & Weis, Case Management for Missing Children Homicide Investigation: Executive Summary. Olympia, Washington: Office of the Attorney General of Washington and U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 1997.
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