Pedophilia

===Definitions===
''Pedophilia'' is not a legal term,<ref name=mayoclinic/> as having a sexual attraction to children without acting on it is not illegal.<ref name=faganJAMA/> In law enforcement circles, the term ''pedophile'' is sometimes used informally to refer to any person who commits one or more sexually-based crimes that relate to [[age of consent|legally underage]] victims. These crimes may include [[child sexual abuse]], [[statutory rape]], offenses involving [[child pornography]], [[child grooming]], [[stalking]], and [[indecent exposure]]. One unit of the United Kingdom's [[Child Abuse Investigation Command]] is known as the "[[Paedophile Unit]]" and specializes in online investigations and enforcement work.<ref>{{cite web | title = Child abuse investigation impact | publisher = [[Metropolitan Police Service]] (met.police.uk) | access-date = April 18, 2014 | url = http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/policies/child_abuse_investigation_eia2012.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015830/http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/policies/child_abuse_investigation_eia2012.pdf | archive-date = April 19, 2014 }}</ref> Some forensic science texts, such as Holmes (2008), use the term to refer to offenders who target child victims, even when such children are not the primary sexual interest of the offender.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Holmes | first1 = Ronald M. | title = Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool | publisher = SAGE Publications | isbn = 978-1-4129-5998-8 | date = 2008-12-01 }}</ref> [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent Kenneth Lanning, however, makes a point of distinguishing between pedophiles and child molesters.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis, Fifth Edition | first = Kenneth V. | last = Lanning | year = 2010 | journal = [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]] | pages = 16–17, 19–20 | url = https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220513215400/https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | archive-date = 2022-05-13 }}</ref>