California -- Courts have seen the number of sex offense cases involving juvenile offenders rise dramatically in recent years, an Associated Press review of national statistics found, and treatment professionals say the offenders are getting younger and the crimes more violent.
Some psychologists blame the increase - 40 percent over two decades - on a society saturated with sex and violence and the fact that many of the accused were themselves victims of adult sexual predators. Others say there aren't more children committing such crimes, there is simply more awareness, better reporting and a general hysteria about sex offenders.
The number of children under 18 accused of forcible rape, violent and nonviolent sex offenses has steadily risen, from 24,100 children in 1985 to 33,800 in 2004, the AP's analysis found. Violent offenses include attempted rape and sexual assault, while nonviolent offenses including fondling, statutory rape and prostitution.
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Showing posts with label sexual predator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexual predator. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Homeless
Unusual? Just because attacks on prostitutes and homeless people don't get reported to authorities, doesn't make them unusual.
Story:
California -- A homeless woman fought off a would-be rapist in Mountain View this week, an attack police described as unusual.
The attack happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday. The woman, sleeping in bushes, began to scream for help when a man tried to pull off her sleeping bag.
The assailant began strangling the woman and sexually assaulted her before fleeing. Her screams alerted someone in the neighborhood, who in turn called police.
Some formerly homeless local residents say sexual assaults on homeless women are pervasive but simply never reported to the police.
"For women out there, there's always people coming on to them, all the time," said an outreach worker.
A former homeless woman in Palo Alto, said women living on the streets frequently have to fight off unwanted advances. Men approached her regularly, she said.
Reportedly, the most dangerous time is the first week of each month, when some predators spend welfare and Social Security checks on drugs and alcohol.
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Story:
California -- A homeless woman fought off a would-be rapist in Mountain View this week, an attack police described as unusual.
The attack happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday. The woman, sleeping in bushes, began to scream for help when a man tried to pull off her sleeping bag.
The assailant began strangling the woman and sexually assaulted her before fleeing. Her screams alerted someone in the neighborhood, who in turn called police.
Some formerly homeless local residents say sexual assaults on homeless women are pervasive but simply never reported to the police.
"For women out there, there's always people coming on to them, all the time," said an outreach worker.
A former homeless woman in Palo Alto, said women living on the streets frequently have to fight off unwanted advances. Men approached her regularly, she said.
Reportedly, the most dangerous time is the first week of each month, when some predators spend welfare and Social Security checks on drugs and alcohol.
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Internet predators
The (Australian) federal government body NetAlert, along with ninemsn, have done a survey, showing that boys were more willing to share information and more trusting of people they met online than girls.
Subsequently they have warned parents their sons are just as likely to be preyed on by internet predators as their daughters.
A NetAlert spokesperson have stated that "(...) boys are just as much at risk from online dangers, including predators, as girls."
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Subsequently they have warned parents their sons are just as likely to be preyed on by internet predators as their daughters.
A NetAlert spokesperson have stated that "(...) boys are just as much at risk from online dangers, including predators, as girls."
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Saturday, March 10, 2007
Fought him off
Australia -- A serial rapist may be at work in Brisbane. In the second sex attack within a week, an 18-year-old woman managed to fight off a man who entered her home yesterday afternoon in East Brisbane, and tried to rape her.
There were striking similarities between the incident and the rape of a woman on Tuesday of last week – in the method of attack and description of the offender.
In yesterday's incident, the woman answered a knock at her front door at 2:40 p.m. to a man asking about her house being up for sale.
The woman gave the man a card but would not allow him in and told him to leave. A few minutes after she had closed the door and returned to her lounge room, the man, believed to be in his late 20s to early 30s, appeared and dragged her into a rear bedroom.
The pair struggled throughout the house before she fought him off, kicking him in the groin. When she pulled a carving knife out of a kitchen drawer, he ran out the front.
The man was described as about 177cm tall, with a slim but athletic build.
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There were striking similarities between the incident and the rape of a woman on Tuesday of last week – in the method of attack and description of the offender.
In yesterday's incident, the woman answered a knock at her front door at 2:40 p.m. to a man asking about her house being up for sale.
The woman gave the man a card but would not allow him in and told him to leave. A few minutes after she had closed the door and returned to her lounge room, the man, believed to be in his late 20s to early 30s, appeared and dragged her into a rear bedroom.
The pair struggled throughout the house before she fought him off, kicking him in the groin. When she pulled a carving knife out of a kitchen drawer, he ran out the front.
The man was described as about 177cm tall, with a slim but athletic build.
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
Learn self-defense!
I really hope they catch these creeps soon!
Story:
Australia -- People sent a message to Brisbane's bikeway sex fiends: You won't ruin our lifestyle.
About 800 people gathered at McCaskie Park in Kelvin Grove for the Walk Without Fear rally, determined to show support for the police effort to catch the men responsible for at least 38 attacks on women on the bikeways and paths of the city's northern suburbs.
At least two victims of the attacks attended yesterday's rally. One of them told of how she fought off her assailant and she urged women to learn self-defence.
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Story:
Australia -- People sent a message to Brisbane's bikeway sex fiends: You won't ruin our lifestyle.
About 800 people gathered at McCaskie Park in Kelvin Grove for the Walk Without Fear rally, determined to show support for the police effort to catch the men responsible for at least 38 attacks on women on the bikeways and paths of the city's northern suburbs.
At least two victims of the attacks attended yesterday's rally. One of them told of how she fought off her assailant and she urged women to learn self-defence.
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Friday, November 10, 2006
The secret seconds
Here's another great article about how kidnappers/sexual predators operate. Recommended reading!
Story:
Jacksonville, Florida -- "Right here, here, are scars from the handcuffs. There is a scar there and a scar right there." It's been four years and Heather Kangas still bears the scars of being kidnapped from her bus stop. "I know he lived not even 10 miles down the road from where I was standing. I believed it was like one of those perfect times. There was nobody on the roads, nobody could see."
Police say Timothy Oberlander grabbed Heather handcuffed her and drove off. In audio tapes never released to the public until now. We hear Oberlander admit to a jail house informant why he chose Heather.
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Story:
Jacksonville, Florida -- "Right here, here, are scars from the handcuffs. There is a scar there and a scar right there." It's been four years and Heather Kangas still bears the scars of being kidnapped from her bus stop. "I know he lived not even 10 miles down the road from where I was standing. I believed it was like one of those perfect times. There was nobody on the roads, nobody could see."
Police say Timothy Oberlander grabbed Heather handcuffed her and drove off. In audio tapes never released to the public until now. We hear Oberlander admit to a jail house informant why he chose Heather.
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Monday, September 11, 2006
Online stalker program
This seems like a really great idea!
Story:
A new computer educational program, warning children of the dangers of online sexual predators and bullying, launched September 6 in Australia.
Schools around the country today took part in the game, called Cybersmart Detectives, in which children role play to highlight the risks lurking in internet chat rooms.
Authorities use the program to warn that parents should monitor their child's use of the internet, that children should never give out personal information when they're chatting online, and if children want to meet face-to-face with someone they've chatted with they should always take a parent with them.
During Cybersmart Detectives, children work online using a chat-based program and play the role of the deputy principal concerned about the welfare of a new student being bullied in a chat room.
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Story:
A new computer educational program, warning children of the dangers of online sexual predators and bullying, launched September 6 in Australia.
Schools around the country today took part in the game, called Cybersmart Detectives, in which children role play to highlight the risks lurking in internet chat rooms.
Authorities use the program to warn that parents should monitor their child's use of the internet, that children should never give out personal information when they're chatting online, and if children want to meet face-to-face with someone they've chatted with they should always take a parent with them.
During Cybersmart Detectives, children work online using a chat-based program and play the role of the deputy principal concerned about the welfare of a new student being bullied in a chat room.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Almost abducted
Talk about not trusting your instincts...
If an unknown man - looking as scruffy as this fellow here - is following your family around an amusement park, maybe it's time to ask security to check it out? It could just be that there's something fishy going on?
Trust me on this - if you feel that you're being stalked or followed something IS going on! Paranoid? I don't think so, these predators are out there somewhere constantly looking for an opportunity and an easy prey.
Story:
Clay County authorities are investigating after a 6-year-old girl said a stranger tried to kidnap her Tuesday night at Worlds of Fun.
The girl told police she was waiting with a friend while her mother and stepfather rode a roller coaster. The girl said a man approached and told her that he wanted to show her something, and he led her away from her friend.
The girl said the man picked her up and said he was taking her to his car to watch fireworks, but the girl became scared and was able to escape and return to her friend.
The child's mother told police that the man had been following them around the park. She said she had never seen the man before Tuesday.
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If an unknown man - looking as scruffy as this fellow here - is following your family around an amusement park, maybe it's time to ask security to check it out? It could just be that there's something fishy going on?
Trust me on this - if you feel that you're being stalked or followed something IS going on! Paranoid? I don't think so, these predators are out there somewhere constantly looking for an opportunity and an easy prey.
Story:
Clay County authorities are investigating after a 6-year-old girl said a stranger tried to kidnap her Tuesday night at Worlds of Fun.
The girl told police she was waiting with a friend while her mother and stepfather rode a roller coaster. The girl said a man approached and told her that he wanted to show her something, and he led her away from her friend.
The girl said the man picked her up and said he was taking her to his car to watch fireworks, but the girl became scared and was able to escape and return to her friend.
The child's mother told police that the man had been following them around the park. She said she had never seen the man before Tuesday.
Source
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Cyber defense
"Parents are the first line of defense against Internet predators and other online dangers".
"Many adults are under the false impression that MySpace's technology blocks people from viewing the pages of children under 16 without permission."
(Teenagers) often include pertinent information such as ZIP codes that predators can use, and that young teenagers often lie about their age to get on the site.
In Weston, police arrested an adult MySpace user who went to a teenage girl's house, where she and friends were having a slumber party.
"They think they are completely anonymous, but they are not."
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"Many adults are under the false impression that MySpace's technology blocks people from viewing the pages of children under 16 without permission."
(Teenagers) often include pertinent information such as ZIP codes that predators can use, and that young teenagers often lie about their age to get on the site.
In Weston, police arrested an adult MySpace user who went to a teenage girl's house, where she and friends were having a slumber party.
"They think they are completely anonymous, but they are not."
Source
Saturday, March 25, 2006
'spy in the sky'
Just another case of Big Brother, or something valuable to keep a check on sexual predators?
What's your vies on this?
Story:
A satellite tracking system to monitor Scotland's most dangerous sex offenders is being considered by government officials.
The technology, which is used for navigation in cars, is being piloted in England and is widely used in the United States.
Source
What's your vies on this?
Story:
A satellite tracking system to monitor Scotland's most dangerous sex offenders is being considered by government officials.
The technology, which is used for navigation in cars, is being piloted in England and is widely used in the United States.
Source
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Peering into the mind of a stalker
"Sex offender expert says stalking is a cycle of practicing and perfecting a technique on the streets."
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