Molester characteristics

·  90 percent of convicted sexual predators are male

·  Has unrealisticexpectations

·  Not a team player

·  Poor self discipline

·  Easily frustrated

·  Moves his residence more than normal

·  He is not having a stable work history

·  He could be overqualified and not care about the pay

Molester Social interactions

·  Outbursts of anger

·  Immature behavior, which appeals to kids

·  Prefer interaction with kids and not adults

·  Dates single moms

·  Skillful at gaining the trust of kids

·  He chooses behaviors more appropriate for kids than adults

·  He might have all the games or equipment that appeals to kids

·  Looks for activities that appeal to kids

·  Interested in photography or videography

Female molesters

·  Unemployed or underemployed

·  Causal attitude toward drugs and alcohol

·  Raised in astricthome, all sex is sin

·  May been abused herself

·  Illogical or bizarre thinking

·  Lies to other adults

·  Isolated for adults

·  Appears angry and has a negative attitude

·  Seduces boys

·  Unusual electronic communication with her students

Sexual Abuse – Non Contact:

·  Showing pornographic materials to a child

·  Deliberately exposing oneself to a child

·  Photographing or videotaping a child in sexual poses

·  Encouraging a child to watch or hear sexual acts

·  In appropriately watching a child undress or use the bathroom

·  Texting or instant messaging (IMing) or emailing sexually explicit messages to a child

Sexual Abuse – Physical Contact:

·  Touch a child's private parts for sexual purposes

·  Making a child touch someone else's genitals

·  Making a child play sexual games

·  Contact of objects or body parts with a child in a sexual manner for sexual gratification

Physical signs or behaviors

·  Torn, stained, bloody underclothes

·  Missing underwear because child wants to hide it

·  STD: pain, swelling, bleeding, discharge, itching

·  Urinates too often

·  Trouble walking or sitting

·  Pregnancy of a female child

·  Frequent or unexplained sore throat, stomach ache, headache

·  Yeast infection, urinary tract infection

Mental stress signs

·  Child actually discloses abuse, which is most obvious sign of distress

·  Regressive behaviors not age appropriate such as sucking thumb or bed wetting

·  Avoids undressing or wears extra clothes

·  Runs away from home

·  Not wanting to be left alone with previously trusted care givers

·  An unusual change in bathing or groom practices

·  Drop in grades or lack of interest in school

·  Not interested in normal childhood activities

·  Promiscuity or seductive behavior

·  Sexual activity with toys or other kids

·  Using new words for body parts

·  Drawing sexual images

·  Changes in modesty

·  Demonstrates age-inappropriate, bizarre, sophisticated, unusual sex knowledge

·  Avoids certain adults previously well-liked and trusted

·  Nightmares, terrors, unable to sleep, aggressive, loss of bowel control

·  Unexplained money source, which may mean the child is being groomed by a predator

·  Adolescents may attempt suicide

·  Cutting or burning self