Secretive Pedophile

A pedophile is someone who has a sexual interest in children (Pedophile, 2014). Some pedophiles are satisfied with fantasizing about children or just looking at child pornography. Others aren’t satisfied until they have victimized an innocent child these monsters are into pedophilia which is sexual feelings and activities that involve children (Pedophilia, 2014).

The typical profile of a predatory pedophile is an adult male who is at least sixteen (16) years old who spends a minimum of six (6) months fantasizing, experiencing sexual fixation, or sexual activities with preadolescent child (Knetzger, 2008). These fixations, fantasies, and will be the cause of issues in the pedophile’s personal life, public life, job, or other important area. The pedophile could have been arrested, divorced, or anything that has a negative impact on their life. The victim must be a minimum of five (5) years younger than the pedophile (Knetzger, 2008).

The secretive pedophile is the individual that usually will never act out their fantasies in any way other than self gratification looking at child porn. These individuals are usually married and have kids of their own. Child pornography collectors are avid collectors who use this pornography for self gratification. They also trade videos and/or images with other pedophiles. Most of these pedophiles will never physically victimize a child. They victimize the child every time they view the material, share it, or get self gratification. The active pedophile is every parent and child’s worst nightmare. These pedophiles are the ones who are molesting children, raping them, taking images and pictures and sharing them. They create the pornography (Knetzger, 2008). They steal the innocence of the children. This is something that can never be regained or given