
	Author: L.Miller-Perdue

L.Miller-Perdue

L.Miller-Perdue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“How Safe Are Your Children”?

June 2008- Michigan - Just when you thought you’ve done everything right to insure the safekeeping of your child(ren) comes a new book that explores the minds of pedophiles and how they target children. —“Secrets And Shadows” – Living with Pedophiles (1438229178), Trade paperback, 300 pp, 5½ x 8½, $16.99)

After learning of her own son’s attack by a Pedophile, Lynda Miller became a cop, investigating child molestation cases and diving into the minds of their twisted abusers.
After endless cases and a long divorce, she had no idea that when she re-married she would again, fight for the very thing she held dearest, her daughters.

Lynda Miller-Perdue offers an inside, true crime look, into the minds of these deadly child predators and gives parents an understanding to the why’s and how’s, child- sexual abuse takes place. “Secrets and Shadows-Living with Pedophiles”” details real police cases including the riveting case that sent her own husband to prison.

"By telling my own story and the cases I’ve handled in Law Enforcement, my hope is that readers will gain an in-depth understanding into how vulnerable our children really are and how to be a more involved parent in the prevention of sexual abuse."

For more information about “Secrets And Shadows-Living With Pedophiles”, or to schedule an interview, please contact Lynda Miller at www.lmillerperdue.com

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The statistics are shocking

1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18.
1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18.
1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the Internet.
Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children ages 17 and under.
An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist in America today.

Even within the walls of their own homes, children are at risk for sexual abuse

30-40% of victims are abused by a family member.
Another 50% are abused by someone outside of the family whom they know and trust.
Approximately 40% are abused by older or larger children whom they know.
Therefore, only 10% are abused by strangers

Sexual abuse can occur at all ages, probably younger than you think

The median age for reported abuse is 9 years old.
More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of 8.
Nearly 50% of all victims of forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling are children under 12.

Most children don't tell even if they have been asked

Evidence that a child has been sexually abused is not always obvious, and many children do not report that they have been abused.
Over 30% of victims never disclose the experience to ANYONE.
Young victims may not recognize their victimization as sexual abuse.
Almost 80% initially deny abuse or are tentative in disclosing. Of those who do disclose, approximately 75% disclose accidentally. Additionally, of those who do disclose, more than 20% eventually recant even though the abuse occurred.

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