The Pedohunt.com website was formed in 2019 (with a new design launched in early 2022) by Jennifer Ross, PhD with a mission to stop pedophiles from victimizing defenseless children. Often times the children don’t know they are being victimized. PedoHunt.com aims to change that and make pedophiles responsible for their actions.
Pedophile statistics show greater variability in the social and economic status of the perpetrators than the general public might think.
Don’t let the sex and the age of your potential suspects fool you either—many boys have been abused by adult females, and roughly 40% of all sex offenders are juvenile offenders.
Make sure you know how to recognize the signs of a pedophile and subscribe to our service to receive weekly reports on the offenders from your state’s sex offender registry. That way, you’ll have the necessary info to keep your family safe from a potential predator!
The Behavior of a Pedophile—Statistics of the “Grooming”
In most cases, pedophiles can’t be easily spotted. They create their reputation as upstanding and reliable citizens while they plan their crimes in the background. This image gives them access to alone time with children without raising suspicion among parents.
In front of the children, they make an effort to present themselves as trustworthy. Manipulating children’s emotions is how predators succeed in luring their victims into an abusive relationship. Manipulation is also how the predators make their victims stay silent about the molestation and manage to escape with multiple crimes and no consequences.
Most child molesters get through to their victims by using the victim grooming process. Here is the overview of its stages:
- The predator establishes a nonsexual relationship with the child
- The victim’s family gets tricked into trusting the pedophile and leaving the child alone with them
- The relationship gradually becomes sexual in nature
- The child remains silent and fulfills the predator’s demands out of guilt
A typical pedophile offender will commit around 117 crimes, while serial predators can go well beyond that if they aren’t discovered and arrested.
Why Do Abused Children Often Stay Quiet About What They Go Through?
The reasons for staying silent about the abuse depend on the victim’s age. They range from feeling ashamed to not understanding what’s happening.
The most frequent reasons pedophiles don’t get reported is because the abused child:
- Trusts the offender
- Doesn’t understand that they are being abused
- Is not mature enough to explain the abuse
- Failed at previous attempts to share the problem with the parents or guardians
- Is scared of how the community would react
- Is afraid that no one would trust them
- Feels shame and guilt
- Wants to spare the family’s feelings
It’s important to educate your child—explain who they should avoid and what falls under unacceptable adult behavior. Talk to your kids and listen carefully to what they say about the people surrounding them. Becoming more educated yourself will also help you spot the characteristics of a pedophile behind the image of a trustworthy friend.
Sex Offender Stats—How Close Are the Predators?
90% of the sexually abused children had known their abuser before the crime took place.
Check out the most frequent descriptions of pedophile predators in the table below:
| Offender | Details |
|---|---|
| People to whom the family trusts | Close family friends that parents rely on and with whom they frequently leave their child—including neighbors, school employees, priests or other clergymen, sports coaches, or people working in any other position or organization that promotes the children wellbeing |
| Family members | The younger the child, the possibility that the perpetrator is a family member is higher. In cases where the victim is six years old or younger, as many as 50% of the offenders were members of the family |
Adolescent Abusers—The Unexpected Danger
Significant number of child abusers are juvenile sex offenders. Some of these perpetrators are younger than 12.
This means that sexually abused children are often assaulted by older or physically stronger children. The offenses typically take place at school, and the offenders often attack in groups.
There is one piece of good news—juvenile sex offender stats tell us that they usually won’t become adult sexual predators if they undergo rehabilitation treatment.
Keeping Up With Sex Offender Stats and Laws To Protect Your Family
29% of convicted sex offenders commit another sexual crime during the first year after they are released from prison.
The authorities work on restricting sex offenders through different rules and regulations:
- Obligatory registration after release from custody
- Data verification and reporting requirements, including announcing all traveling plans
- Residential restrictions (often around school areas)
- Penalties for unregistered and otherwise non-compliant offenders
The most helpful legislation is still Megan’s Law. This and several other sex offender registration laws allow you access to local sex offender registries. These databases are available and searchable online and hold details on Tier/Level 2 and Tier/Level 3 offenders within a city, county, or state.
Learning the identity of these dangerous sex offenders enables you to protect your child from the danger lurking nearby.
