ABSTRACT

You have heard it all before: “Joe was my neighbor—nicest guy in the world; it couldn’t have been him. He’s just not that type.” In fact, there is no “type” of person or personality that could be a sexual offender. The most likely people to commit sexual crimes are, in all probability, the most normal, not the strange-looking prowlers in trench coats you do not know, or the villains and monsters depicted on CSI and Law and Order, but the ones living with you, your friendly neighbors, your children’s nurturing granddad or uncle, or the man you sleep with every night.