The term sexual predator is used to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically “predatory” manor. Almost exactly like a predator hunts its prey; a sexual predator is thought to “hunt” for his or her sex partners. This person can be a man or woman seeking sexual pleasure from a child. Child predators usually try to pursue or go after an under aged person, and commit a sex crime. These crimes usually consist of rape or child abuse. Child predators seek their victims usually where children are most likely to be found. There are a lot of child molesters in today’s society. “There are 400,000 registered sex offenders in the Unites States and an estimated 80 to 100,000 of them ate missing. They’re supposed to be registered, but we don’t know where they are and we don’t know where they’re living.” (QUOTE19) “According to the U.S. Department of Justice, there are four million pedophiles in the U.S. However, measuring is a tricky business, because many child molesters are not caught. They report that one in four girls and one in seven boys will be sexually abused before e age of 18.” (QUOTE16) A child predator may go seek their prey where children are most likely to be found. They may go to playgrounds, schools, bus stops, or even more commonly, the internet. Many times children are abducted or kidnapped by these twisted minded people. The children are young and do not fully understand that this act is a crime. Unknowingly, children sometimes provoke predators by imitating the media and doing what they see or hear. They may put revealing photos, or even act like they’re interested in the sexual predator. “But researches are studying the problem and they say that child molestation is a major public health problem.”