Modus operandi of sexual offenders working or doing voluntary work with children and adolescents

By Benoit Leclerc, Jean Proulx, André McKibben. 2005

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Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the “successful” sex offender (2011, background): “…1998). to secure a regular access to a vulnerable child – e.g., members of the clergy (e.g., Langevin, Curnoe & Bain, 2000; Tallon & Terry, 2008), school teachers, sport coaches, or volunteers (e.g., Leclerc et al., 2005), and the mother's “new boyfriend” (Beauregard, Proulx, et al., 2007).”
A Descriptive Model of the Hunting Process of Serial Sex Offenders: A Rational Choice Perspective (2007, background): “Child molesters are also skillful in manipulating children in order to keep the victim from telling someone about the sexual contacts (Leclerc et al. 2005).”
Examining the modus operandi of sexual offenders against children and its practical implications (2009, background): “…do not have a previous sexual offense conviction (Leclerc et al., 2006; Smallbone & Wortley, 2000), it could also be relevant to screen the individual's behaviors with children, his motives as well as his previous work experience with children (Leclerc et al., 2005; Sullivan & Beech, 2004).”