[Freedom2specul8]

#1) This is primarily a crime of upper class white males. Absolutely not. It occurs in every financial bracket, culture, and race. It MAY be reported more frequently among certain populations (whites,Hispanics) due to cultural factors.

Sociologically speaking, you are correct.

http://www.heartland.org/education/jan00/profile.htm Unfortunately, there's nothing about the characteristics of a typical pedophile or serial child sex abuser that would set off alarms for parents or administrators:

• Usually an adult male
• Often appears to be hard-working and family-oriented
• Tends to be better educated and more religious that the average person
• Tends to be well-liked by parents and children; a pedophile teacher is often one of the most popular teachers in school

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Kim, all I'm saying is, when I worked in the ER I saw tons of these cases. Since the population was mostly Hispanic, I naturally saw a higher number in the Hispanic population which I don't think is the case. BUT, the people who use the ER on a regular basis are of a lower socioeconomic income and by and large were not religious. I saw a lot of cases involving the mother's boyfriends, uncles, grandfathers, etc. This is my personal experience.