Child's Behavior :

• Sexual Acting Out
• Angry, Hostile, Aggressive
• Change in Behavior (outgoing becomes withdrawn)
• Nightmares, bedwetting, fear of the dark
• Reluctance or fear of a person or of certain places
• Change in school grades, or attention span
• Advance knowledge and or interest in sexual acts or terminology
• Regression to babyish habits

Physical Signs :

• The most difficult type of abuse to detect because there are no outward signs
• Irritated or reddened genitals
• Unusual smell or discharge from genitals

Offender's Behavior :

• Extreme over protectiveness toward child
• Extreme paternal dominance in home
• Socially isolated
• Sexually abused as a child
• Interchange of mother and daughter roles
• See child as seductive
• Refer to children in a sexual manner
• Use gifts and favors as a way to relate with children
• Invite children over to their home