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Child molestors
 Anybody can be a child molester.
83% of child molesters operate within the family.
Molestation can follow an inter-generational cycle, ie, many sexual abusers have been abused themselves.
Either sex can perpetrate sexual abuse.
Molesting a child is generally a compulsive behaviour rather than an impulsive one.
Child molesters abuse children because this gives them a sense of power.
Most sex abusers feel sexual attraction towards children, and gain pleasure from such activity. They can also be attracted to adults.
Child molesters usually have multiple victims.
Molesting or sexually abusing a child is not an activity caused by stress, although it may be triggered by stress.
Offenders tend to choose jobs and situations in which they have ready access to children.
Treatment is not easy and requires honesty and professional help.
Offenders have an extraordinary capacity for self-delusion and come to believe their own lies.
Offenders often minimise their behaviour, and say things like 'the child was flirting with me'.
Links to information on child molsters
A number of Australian and international registries of the names of child molesters, including the MAKO site, are available as links from this site.
MAKO: Schools and sex offenders
MAKO: Prevention in action
MAKO: Amber alert
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