SEX OFFENDER PROFILES: (Westerfield and the van Dam case!)

Missing Kids.com ^ | March 22, 2002 | MK.COM

[FresnoDA]

SEX OFFENDER PROFILES

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For the purposes of  NCMEC, child sex offenders are divided into the two categories of Preferential and Situational Child Molesters. 

Preferential Child Molester 

Preferential Child Molesters have a definite sexual preference for children.  Their sexual fantasies and erotic imagery focus on children.  They have sex with children not because of some situational stress or insecurity but because they are sexually attracted to and prefer children. If this individual does not act on his urges, then he is not a child molester. 

Situational Child Molester 

Situational Child Molesters do not have a true sexual preference for children, but engage in sex with children for varied and complex reasons.  This type of molester may engage in sex with a child, ranging from a once-in-a-lifetime act to a long-term pattern of behavior.  The more long-term the behavior is, the more difficult it is to distinguish from a preferential molester.  Members of lower socioeconomic groups tend to be over represented among situational child molesters. 

Adolescent Offenders 

An area of increasing attention is that of adolescent offenders.  This type of offender can fit the characteristics of the preferential or situational child molester.  Adolescent (or younger) offenders should always be viewed as past or current victims of sexual abuse.  This may include psychological sexual abuse, inappropriate exposure to sexually explicit materials, and/or the repeated or inappropriate witnessing of adult sexual activity. 

Question:      Are all child molesters pedophiles? 

Answer:        No.

A pedophile is an individual who prefers to have sex with children.  A person who prefers to have sex with an adult partner may, for any number of reasons, decide to have sex with a child.  Such reasons may include simple availability, curiosity, or a desire to hurt a loved one of a molested child.   The sexual fantasies of these individuals do not necessarily focus on children. 

Question:     How does the abuse occur? 

Answer: 

Abuse occurs in a wide range of situations and settings. For long-term abusers, often, the child molester will “court” the child with attention, affection, and gifts.  Just as one adult courts another during a dating process, the pedophile seduces children over a period of time by gradually lowering their sexual inhibitions.  Sometimes the molester will tickle, wrestle, or hug the child in the presence of others first, adding legitimacy to the activity that will occur later in private. Often a child feels guilty or ashamed of the abuse.  Children may feel that a short amount of uncomfortable feeling is worth the amount of attention and affection and perceived care they receive from the molester. 

Excerpted from Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis by Kenneth V. Lanning. 

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Westerfield does not fit into any of the groups listed above, at least certainly not in the "classic" sense.

* DW has no history of sex offenses and displays none of the traits of the serial or preferential child molester. The serial child molester will molest again and again until they are caught. The preferential child molester has a long pattern of preferring sex with children and is fixated on the child as sex object.

* DW has no history of going to extraordinary lengths to befriend, seduce or associate with children, as a pedophile would do. No family members or other victims have disclosed any abuse in the past. He is not child-like nor does he prefer the company of children.

* DW does not fit the composite profile of a sociopath, who characteristically have histories of adjustment problems and character disorders. Sociopath's tend to victimize friends and family over long periods and may never resort to criminal acts.

* DW does not fit the composite profile of a psychopath, who characteristically have long-standing problems in relationships; whose defining traits are manipulation of friends and family, compulsive lying, and shallow emotions with no conscience.

Actually....how would Damon do when analyzed by the same criteria.....just wondering.....

[Cu Roi]

Again I will post the percentages in this case.

What do these percentages represent? A net poll? A probability function established by the investigators? The musings of Miss Cleo? I don't know what I'm supposed to make of all this.

[spectre]

OK, crystalk. Then maybe you can tell us just how Westerfield managed to float across the floor, and glide up the stairs and back down again, without leaving so much as a hair of trace evidence behind?

I'm serious about this question.

sw

[rolling_stone]

re satellite photos..already did that didn't look like the vd's house was built yet..but put in 4500 dehesa rd el cajon...

[Lanza]

Hey, I will put my mother-in-law up against your's anyday -HA! I think I have the ultimate fruitcake sociopath!

[crystalk]

A guide to where-to-look for more data and problems in the present data, according to Occams Razor.

[beckett]

Now that we've got Clinton diagnosed, what say we get on to Van Dam and Westerfield?

[crystalk]

My numbers imply that it is quite UN likely that Westerfield is guilty, unless he had some kind of deal or arrangement with the parents. I agree with YOU, more than disagree.

[hsmomx3]

Very interesting. I think he is part of a set-up. The VD's IMO are in on it.

[rolling_stone]

anyone have the address where DW "stores" his motorhome in "Hi-Valley"?

[vacrn]

Thanks for the ping!

[rolling_stone]

Then maybe you can tell us just how Westerfield managed to float across the floor, and glide up the stairs and back down again, without leaving so much as a hair of trace evidence behind?

maybe like OJ, long sleeves stocking cap or ski mask (never found!)and gloves...then there are shoes......hmmm...and the blood drops that end at the VD's (or do they and police missed it?)ah yes do all that while intoxicated!

[crystalk]

In fact, besides correcting that typo on Westerfield from 14 to 13%; . . .I will further say, that I think that the chance that Westerfield has ever been in the Van Dam home at ANY point, up to today, is well under 50%, and the chance he was ever there with-OUT the VDs knowledge and consent, is essentially equal to the 13% already given.

Furthermore, even inside the 13%, that is not to say that he molested or intentionally killed her, only that he is guilty for what took place (whatever that was).

[crystalk]

That has been posted several times on FR threads, but I do not have it before me. It was said to be in Hi-Valley more than 20 miles from his home.

[spectre]

Thank you for correcting me, cs...I thought we were on the same page, but statistics get lost in my ADD mind!

sw

[rolling_stone]

I believe the address was in someone's testimony but I don't remember whose...

[happygrl]

Pimping their daughters. No two ways about it. Denial is not a river in Egypt. Anything for a buck.

[Freedom2specul8]

Got it..

4500 dehesa road el cajon ca27 km E of San Diego, California, United States 31 May 1994

[Freedom2specul8]

yer welcome. :)

[spectre]

You can't put your mother-in-law up against mine anymore...she died last year, hating me with her last breath! LOL!

sw

[Henrietta]

Wow, this is gross. I clicked on the link, and agree with Sturges that these are sites meant to tittilate. What parent could allow their kid to be oogled as a sex object? Regardless of whether or not the kids are naked or not, who can argue that the "come-hither" glances and skimpy clothing of these pre-teen girls is innocent, and not meant to sexually stimulate sickos who want to look at kids? Maybe it's not illegal, but it's still wrong!