abstract:The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" for his or her sex partners.
"I stand by our conclusion that four of the most powerful people at Penn State failed to protect against a child sexualpredator harming children for over a decade, " he said.
After sentencing, Det Insp Iestyn Davies of the North Wales Police major incident team who led the investigation, described Edgerton as a "serious sexualpredator" and said the area was a safer place.
The history of racial injustice (particularly the stereotype of the Black male as a sexualpredator) and the need to protect her community from further attack might persuade a survivor to remain silent.