Why are there so many pedophiles?

[Blue_In_AK]

48. I worked with sex offenders when I was a CO/counselor

in an Alaska prison. While it's true that both pedophiles and rapists have power and control issues, there's usually some different dynamics going on. Most of the rapists I knew (who, granted, were a subset since they got caught) had graduated from other crimes - i.e., a lot of them had been burglars or otherwise lawless, and many had substance abuse issues, most notably alcohol - but the pedophiles generally were "fine, upstanding citizens" whom no one would have suspected, coaches, church workers, etc. Most of them didn't even have a bad driving record. Rapists had little regard for their victims, but the pedophiles had somehow convinced themselves that they "loved" the children and that the children reciprocated.