Jeffrey Sandusky In Plain View

The is a saying that goes “Never judge a book by its cover,” and with cases of child molestation, hat quote couldn’t be any more true. Child molestation is a form of child abuse where adults prey on the vulnerability and innocence of children for their own sexual pleasure. In the article, “In Plain View: How child molesters get away with it,” light is shed on situations where trusted authority figures abuse their power to take advantage of kids in their community. No one expects these men to be predators, because they are so beloved and selfless in the community they infiltrate.
The article begins with psychologist and author Carla van Dam telling the story of a child molester by the name of Jeffrey Clay. Clay was a Canadian elementary Physical

He was constantly offered head coaching jobs, but the kids came first. Now that Sandusky was revealed as a child molester, although his wife’s intentions may have been pure, he was clearly organizing the non profit to prey on vulnerable youth. The process of infiltrating a community to scout out possible victims is called “grooming.” Clay, for example, worked in an elementary school, and Sandusky was the founder of a nonprofit for troubled and disadvantaged boys. Both of them clearly infiltrated in places they knew little boys would be prominent, and where the parents would trust them. They are basically making themselves as likable as possible, so there is no

One particular occurrence happened while showing with an eleven year old boy at the Penn State athletic facility. The boy recalls feeling uncomfortable in the shower because Sandusky first wraps his arms around the boy’s chest in a seemingly playful way, but then he proceeds to pick him up to “wash the soap out of his hair”, but it is known that neither were Sandusky’s intention. He was executing an escalation strategy by continuously touching the victim, each time more inappropriate than the last. He would see if the boy felt uncomfortable by his actions and if not, he proceeded, but if so, he retreated. Sandusky showed up to the boys house to see if the boy was too uncomfortable to the point where he informed his mom of the interaction, which the boy did. When Sandusky arrived at the boys house, contrary to Sandusky’s knowledge, a police officer was present in the home. The mother tried to probe an answer out of Sandusky, but he didn’t budge. The issued was still pressed further, but only one psychologist, Alycia Chambers, saw the patterns and behaviors of Sandusky as child molestation. And although she saw the true Sandusky, there was nothing more that she could do other than to leave it up to the police. When asked, Sandusky did admit to hugging the boy, and showering with others, but he claims he wasn’t trying to be sexual. Sandusky later faced