In this essay, I will discuss the definition of pedophilia and provide data on the subject through various researched sources to understand why abuse occurs take place and those who abuse. Pedophilia? Pedophilia is a crime that can involve various sexual or salacious activities committed against a minor child by an adult. Child victims of pedophilia are generally under the age of fourteen, and the age of the perpetrator can vary from sixteen and older. Pedophilia can be a mental disorder passed down from generation to generation. If parents could understand why child predators molest their children and how they select and groom their victims, then they can begin to protect their children from abusers. When an adolescent or late adult is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to a minor child, they are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. pedophilia disorder. Most of the time, a person is not diagnosed with this disorder unless they have experienced this attraction for six months or more. This attraction may take the form of sexually arousing fantasies for the abuser, or a desire to engage in sexual activities with a minor child. Additionally, to be diagnosed, the abuser must have acted on these impulses or suffered some type of distress, which will result from these feelings. Additionally, the perpetrator must be at least sixteen years old, with the victim being at least five years younger than them. Offenders are able to identify weaknesses in a child's personality or life circumstances and then exploit them. A pedophile or pedophile can use many different characteristics for their selection process. The specifications are in the middle of the document. ......A juvenile offender is not a good idea, because there are various characteristics that do not fit into a single possible profile. A person who seems normal by society's standards may turn out to be a delinquent. It is common for an abuser to withdraw from society and refrain from socializing, but these characteristics are not always common to all cases. For the most part, abusers appear to have normal characteristics by society's standards. It is more important to try to recognize possible abuse that might be occurring than to try to identify those who are committing the abuse.References1. http://www.reid.com/training_programs/buckley-sexual_offenders.pdf2. http://pediaview.com/openpedia/Pedophile3. www.allaboutcounseling.com/sexual_abuse4. legaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com