NBC security consultant Bill Stanton shows how easy it is to snatch a child. The video shows in fact that it is far easier then you may think. So the question is why are boys so much easier to lure then girls? Since the early 80s, parents have been told to protect their children from stranger danger. As a child we all remember our parents saying don't talk to strangers, don't take candy or anything from strangers. Yet we find that so many kids are taken each year. Every year 200,000 children go missing. So why is it so many and so easy? After watching the video its obvious. Girls are always thought to be defenseless and need to be told not to go near strangers. Boys however, are assumed by mainy parents to be able to defend themselves because they are "men". This assumation has cost us so many of our young boys. This video shows it so clear, 3 girls and 3 boys, and only the boys go up to the stranger. What can we do to stop our boys from being such easy targets? Don't assume that because they are boys that they are fearless and can fight back, because they can't. Teach them just like you teach your daughters not to go near strangers.
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Guided by the leadership of the Attorney General, Project Safe Childhood (PSC) aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. The threat of sexual predators soliciting children for physical sexual contact is well-known and serious; the danger of the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography is equally dramatic and disturbing. The response to these growing problems must be coordinated, comprehensive, and robust. It must aim to investigate and prosecute vigorously, and protect and assist victimized children. At the same time, it must recognize the need for a broad, community-based effort to protect our children and to guarantee to future generations the opportunities of the American dream.
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Internet Education
Internet Danger Signs: What Are Signs That Your Child Might Be At Risk On-line?
The Internet: Sea of Knowledge, Jungle of Predators
The title might scare you and it should!
"The abuse of animals appears to bother many people more than the abuse
of children; I don't think they understand what's really going on out there."
Detective James McLaughlin -
www.ci.keene.nh.us/police/task_force
Who are these Predators:
Good question!Internet child sexual predators are 94-96% male and range in age from 13 to 65. 12.5% of them are married, 1.5% divorced, and 86% single. Another important fact is that they are polymorphous offenders. This means they will prey on anyone or anything. Gender isnt a factor for most. There are 4 basic categories of predators.
- Collectors- This group consist of many entry level offenders. Most of these offenders have no prior contact with law enforcement, or any known illegal contact with children. Some researchers believe that this group may never have become involved in collecting child porn had it not been for the Internet and its easy and, what the predators believe is, anonymous access. Their "collecting" begins with photographs of children from static (stationary) locations on the Internet (newsgroups and Web pages) and generally escalates over time to dynamic (interactive) locations which involves real-time interaction and the collection of Web Cam photos and video clips. There are literally thousands of child porn chat rooms on the Internet. Generally these "rooms" are subdivided into very specific subgroups depending on what type of human physical attributes (blond hair, pre-pubescent, blue eyes, Native American, Asian, slim, etc.) and Paraphilia (deviant sexual behavior) the "collector" is attracted to. Once the "collector" begins progressing into dynamic location interaction he has crossed into the illegal distribution of child porn. Predators classified as "collectors" range from age 13 to old age.
- Travelers - This group is comprised of predators who engage in online chat with children, and who use their skills of manipulation and coercion to meet the child in person for sexual purposes. Most "travelers" also collect child pornography. Travelers usually fall within the ages of 17 and 56, with the majority between the ages of 17-29. The distances these men will travel to consummate their online relationships are incredible, literally across the country and internationally. Travelers "groom" their victims by developing trust, chatting about the child.s concerns and interests, and sympathizing with the child over any real or imagined difficulties the child is experiencing at home and/or school. Once a "relationship" has been established, usually within 2-4 chats, the traveler will introduce conversation of a sexual nature and escalate quickly. Travelers will send children cameras and Web Cams so the child can transmit pictures (pics) and videos (vides) of himself naked, masturbating (soloing) or simulating some other sexual activity the predator enjoys. They also send children money and bus or plane tickets to facilitate the child running away and joining their new "friend". Some of these offenders are the most dangerous people any child can meet online.
- Manufacturers- Not all collectors are manufacturers, but all manufacturers are collectors. These predators distribute child porn usually by way of videotapes or CD-ROMS. The Internet explosion has seriously curtailed the manufacturer.s ability to make money because so much is now available free; however, the Russian mob has managed to create a cottage industry with international child porn and they are now the principle distributors throughout the world. To purchase these "products", the customer registers with Pay Pal; the same payment method used by E-bay. Many manufacturers are sexually involved with children and are likely to have criminal histories of sex offending. Manufacturers are the offenders most likely to harbor runaways who they coerce into making porn videos and posing for pictures which the manufacturer then sells. Manufacturers range in age from 26 to 53, will have all the latest computer camera equipment, and are known to frequent public locations where children are likely to congregate.
- Chatters- These predators are rarely involved in child porn, instead preferring to take on the role of mentor to children in Internet chat rooms where they spend inordinate amounts of their time. Their innocent "teaching" quickly escalates to conversations of sex and they are avid fans of cybersex. The chatterer enjoys phone sex (Erotolalia), but rarely attempts to meet his child victim in person. The chatterer comprises the smallest group of Internet child sex predators.
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