[edi581] Online predators -- not what you think
- From: JerryTaylr@xxxxxxx
- To: edi581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:15:39 EDT
This is an important article to read. It appears that the description I have
been giving in my classes about "Internet predators," is incorrect. Here's an
excerpt from the study, followed by the address. Check it out.
Jerry
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Most Internet safety programs address online sexual predation from the
perspective that the victim is a naive child who is systematically seduced by a
predator. This newest research demonstrates this is not the case. Teen behavior
is
as much a part of the problem as the predators. Teens are looking for love in
all the wrong places.
ONLINE SEX ABUSE CASES NOT CHARACTERIZED BY DECEPTION, ABDUCTION AND FORCE,
RESEARCH SHOWS
Findings From National Sample of Law Enforcement Agencies Indicates That
Current Prevention Efforts Emphasizing On-Line Deception May Be Missing Their
Mark
HONOLULU -- Warnings about Internet child molesters often depict them as
predators who impersonate peers to befriend children and lure them into
encounters
that end in abduction, rape and murder. But a new study of a national sample
of such cases from U.S. law enforcement agencies paints a different and
disconcerting picture of the dynamics involved in these crimes.
According to the study:
*** Most offenders did not deceive victims about the fact that they were
adults interested in sexual relationships
*** The victims, primarily teens aged 13 to 15, met and had sex with the
adults on more than one occasion
*** Half of the victims were described as being in love with or feeling
close bonds with the offenders
*** Few offenders abducted or used force to sexually abuse their victims.
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For more details, go here:
http://www.apa.org/releases/online_sexabuse.html
Jerry
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Class website: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/suny/
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