To learn some more about pedophiles, I started with good ol' wiki:
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile"]Pedophilia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Then went to the Mayo Clinic which is quite extensive:
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/82/4/457.full
*An estimated 1 in 20 cases of child sexual abuse is reported or identified.
*The NIBRS data indicate that an arrest was made in only 29% of reported juvenile sexual assaults. Factors most likely to lead to an arrest, listed in order of greatest likelihood of arrest, were (1) presence of more than 1 child, (2) 1 offender involved, (3) juvenile child involved, and (4) female child involved. Additional factors that significantly determined whether an arrest was made included whether the offender was known to the child, if the offense took place in a residence, and, almost paradoxically, if the child was not physically injured during the assault.
*It is difficult to present a classic personality pattern for pedophilia because of the various subgroups that exist. Some individuals who have pedophilia are able to present themselves as psychologically normal during examination or superficial encounters, even though they have severe underlying personality disorders. Studies have shown that people with pedophilia generally experience feelings of inferiority, isolation or loneliness, low self-esteem, internal dysphoria, and emotional immaturity. They have difficulty with mature age-appropriate interpersonal interactions, particularly because of their reduced assertiveness, elevated levels of passive-aggressivity, and increased anger or hostility. These traits lead to difficulty dealing with painful affect, which results in the excessive use of the major defense mechanisms of intellectualization, denial, cognitive distortion (eg, manipulation of fact), and rationalization. Even though pedophiles often have difficulty with interpersonal relationships, 50% or more will marry at some point in their lives.
*It is common for people who are diagnosed as having pedophilia to also experience another major psychiatric disorder (affective illness in 60%-80%, anxiety disorder in 50%-60%) and/or a diagnosable personality disorder (70%-80%) at some time in their life. An estimated 43% of pedophiles have cluster C personality disorders, 33% have cluster B personality disorders, and 18% have cluster A personality disorders.
Then this simpler link has some good points:
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=519
*Are usually family men, have no criminal record, and deny that they abuse children, even after caught, convicted, incarcerated, and court-ordered into a sex offender program. The marriage is often troubled by sexual dysfunction, and serves as a smokescreen for the pedophile's true preferences and practices.
*A pedophile will not stop on his own, and will not turn himself in, because he does not take responsibility for his behavior and denies that he's doing anything harmful. He will abuse until he's caught.
*A child not always recognizes when he or she is being abused, manipulated, or groomed by a pedophile. Unless the pedophile is a sexual sadist, he does not have to threaten a child into silence. The trust, gifts, secrecy, and "relationship" are enough. In some cases, the abuser will coerce the child into silence by saying that if anyone finds out, he would go to jail, or the child would, and maybe the child's parents. In other cases, threats to harm the child, pets, and family are used.
Even About.com had some good points:
http://crime.about.com/od/sex/p/pedophile.htm
*Single or with few friends in his age group.
If married, the relationship is more "companion" based with no sexual relations.
*It is not unusual for the child to develop feelings for the predator and desire their approval and continued acceptance. They will compromise their innate ability to decipher good and bad behavior, ultimately justifying the criminal's bad behavior out of sympathy and concern for the adults welfare. This is often compared to Stockholm Syndrome - when victims become attached emotionally to their captors.
*Pedophiles work hard at stalking their targets and will patiently work to develop relationships with them. It is not uncommon for them to be developing a long list of potential victims at any one time. Many of them believe that what they are doing is not wrong and that having sex with a child is actually "healthy" for the child.
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Almost all pedophiles have a collection of 
, which they protect at all costs. Many of them also collect "souvenirs" from their victims. They rarely discard either their or collections for any reason.
*One factor that works against the pedophile is that eventually the children will grow up and recall the events that occurred. Often pedophiles are not brought to justice until such time occurs and victims are angered by being victimized and want to protect other children from the same consequences.
The BBM leads me to a question:
Has the Sandusky home been searched yet for any of these souvenirs that JS may have kept from his victims? Or
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