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In 1999, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article “Back to school: Parents urged to discuss sex, safety” points to the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center reports that one in three girls and one in five boys will be sexually assaulted by the time they are 16 years old [John N. Briere, Child Abuse Trauma (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1992); Diana E. Russell, The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986)].¹ According to Dr. N. Faulkner, “in 90% of the rapes of children less than 12 years old, the child knew the offender, according to police-recorded incident data.” ² USA Today reports that “family members account for 33% to 50% of abuse against girls and 10% to 20% against boys.” ³

Ira A. Lipman writes in How to Protect Yourself from Crime:

Depending on their relationship to the children, molesters use a wide variety of tactics to lure children. A family member might feign love and affection; a teacher, member of the clergy, police officer, or baby-sitter might use his or her position of authority; an older friend or companion might utilize games or pornography;ⁱ a stranger might try bribery, requests for assistance, or citing an emergency.⁴

Child actors Corey Haim and Corey Feldman suffered abuse in a Hollywood environment conducive to exploitation. The New York Post’s Larry Getlen describes:

Haim confided in his new friend that on the set of the 1986 film