This segment was made available on Friday, September 29th, 2006.
Commentary: The Predator Next Door
Executive Producer Bret Marcus, Producer Coll Metcalfe, and Story Editor Randa Cardwell discuss “The Predator Next Door,” a story on the emotionally and politically charged issue of how to manage sex offenders.
One Response to “Commentary: The Predator Next Door”
It is important for people to know that the words “pedophile” , “sexual Predator” and sex offender are being spoken as if they are interchangeable. Even your commentators get the terms mixed up. They are different.
A Pedophile is a person who is has sexual interest in pre-pubescent children. Therefore a man who is interested in a teenager is not, by definition a pedophile.
A sexual predator is a person who sexually assualts someone who is a stranger (defined as known less than 24 hours)
A sexual offender is anyone who has violated the large numbers of sexual crimes that are defined in the penal code. That would include rape, child molestation, sodomy, oral sex with a minor, indescent exposure, voyeruism, sexual battery etc.
Niki Delson, LCSW
Chair of the Education Committee
California Coalition on Sexual Offending
October 21st, 2006 at 7:52 pm
It is important for people to know that the words “pedophile” , “sexual Predator” and sex offender are being spoken as if they are interchangeable. Even your commentators get the terms mixed up. They are different.
A Pedophile is a person who is has sexual interest in pre-pubescent children. Therefore a man who is interested in a teenager is not, by definition a pedophile.
A sexual predator is a person who sexually assualts someone who is a stranger (defined as known less than 24 hours)
A sexual offender is anyone who has violated the large numbers of sexual crimes that are defined in the penal code. That would include rape, child molestation, sodomy, oral sex with a minor, indescent exposure, voyeruism, sexual battery etc.
Niki Delson, LCSW
Chair of the Education Committee
California Coalition on Sexual Offending