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In the News (Thu 31 May 12)

  
  The Facts About Child Sex Tourism
Child sex tourism (CST) involves people who travel from their own country to another and engage in commercial sex acts with children.
CST is a shameful assault on the dignity of children and a form of violent child abuse and violence.
Child pornography is frequently involved in these cases; and drugs may also be used to solicit or control the minors.
www.state.gov /g/tip/rls/fs/2005/51351.htm   (1061 words)

  
 Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A good sex-specific therapist is important because not only will he or she have the state-of-the-art skills to best evaluate and treat your family member, but he or she will also have the best ability to move forward immediately to insure the safety of all the children in the patient's family, social circle, and neighborhood.
They don't work when the child molestation is caused by: an older child's sexual curiosity and experimentation; an adult's severe medical or mental problem; or by a child molester with the general disregard for other people that is associated with an antisocial personality disorder.
Because of the general public's lack of accurate information about child sexual abuse, most people are horror-struck by the idea that a sexual abuser of children might be in a therapist's office in their community.
www.childmolestationprevention.org /pages/act.html   (3616 words)

  
 Ecpat International - Frequently Asked Questions about CSEC : What is Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children?
Child sex tourists come from all walks of life: they may be married or single, male or female, wealthy tourists or budget travellers.
In general, sex tours are arranged informally amongst friends or colleagues; however, there have been cases of travel agents being prosecuted for supplying and arranging sex tours.
In recent years, however, the government through a child sex tourism commission has conducted police training, amended the Penal Code, and begun a prevention campaign to deter child sex tourists which includes a billboard near the airport and a leaflet distributed by customs officers.
www.ecpat.net /eng/CSEC/faq/faq3.asp   (580 words)

  
 Child Sex Abuse
Child abusers coerce children by offering attention or gifts, manipulating or threatening their victims, using aggression or employing a combination of these tactics.
Once a child discloses the abuse, an appropriate response is extremely important to the child's healing process.
The adult being confided in should encourage the victim to talk freely, reassure the child that he or she is not to blame and seek medical and psychological assistance.
www.safetycops.com /child_sex_abuse.htm   (1939 words)

  
 CNN.com - Study: Child sex abuse 'epidemic' in U.S. - September 11, 2001
"Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the U.S. and North America today," said Richard J. Estes, co-author of the study.
Those who perpetrate sex crimes against children come from all parts of society and include relatives and other adults known and trusted by the children or their families, he said.
Many of those who solicit children for sex are men who are married with children of their own, the study reported.
archives.cnn.com /2001/LAW/09/10/child.exploitation   (862 words)

  
 Child Prostitution And Child Sex Rings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Children used in sex rings are often subjected to terribly cruel and sadistic physical abuse in addition to sexual abuse.
Child prostitution and child sex rings exist in all countries and in all the major cities in North America.
Child sex rings and prostitution happens to children/individuals who are vulnerable, perhaps related to institutions as clients.
www.m-a-h.net /library/abuse/article-sexrings.htm   (3519 words)

  
 Focus on Child Sex tourism
Child sex tourism is a result of many interrelated factors and there is no simple answer to this question.
It is very hard to measure the incidence of child sex tourism, as it is virtually impossible to conduct quantitative research on such a clandestine and illegal industry.
Australia was one of the first countries to introduce the child sex tourism law in 1994 and is one of the few countries that has successfully prosecuted a number of cases under this law.
www.preda.org /archives/research/st/ecpat001209.html   (1063 words)

  
 Child Sexual Abuse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The safety of the children is the paramount responsibility of the Child Protective Services social worker, who intervenes in whatever way is necessary to ensure the child's safety and to prevent further harm from abuse or neglect.
Protecting the child, validating the sexual abuse, and seeing to the safety of other possible victims, such as siblings or friends, are stressful issues that the family must address.
They may indicate that the child is in trouble in some way and point to other issues which need to be addressed.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov /dfs/factsheets/ChildSexAbuse.htm   (675 words)

  
 France plans huge child sex trial
France is bracing for one of its biggest-ever criminal trials, with 66 men and women set to face charges of rape and child sex abuse this week.
The prosecution says most were perpetrated in the flat of a former convicted sex offender, Franck Vergondy, and in sheds on garden allotments.
In that case, the accused spent months in prison awaiting trial and 13 people were implicated on the testimony of a woman who later admitted she had been lying.
www.infowars.com /articles/world/france_plans_huge_child_sex_trial.htm   (311 words)

  
 Adult-Child Sex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There are some child advocates and professionals who have replaced the term "sexual abuse" with "sexual misuse." The rational is that we may be overreacting and further damaging children.
The adult who presumes sex on a child is "deceiving" the child into believing that it's okay, "tricking" the child into trusting that it's a loving relationship, and engaging in "illegal criminal" behavior.
Convicted sex offenders have been telling us for years about their patient and devious selection and grooming of their prey, sometimes for more than a year prior to the actual abuse -- and sometimes grooming the prey's family in the abuse preparation process.
www.prevent-abuse-now.com /misuse.htm   (2029 words)

  
 Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law: Lake County, IL
The sex offender is responsible for notifying the principal's office when he or she arrives on school property and when he or she departs from school property.
If the sex offender is to be present in the vicinity of children, the sex offender has the duty to remain under the direct supervision of a school official.
This does not prohibit a child sex offender from owning the real property upon which the programs or services are offered, provided the child sex offender refrains from being present on the premises for the hours during which the programs or services are being offered.
www.co.lake.il.us /sheriff/Person/notify.asp   (3097 words)

  
 CHILD SEX ABUSE - Rampant But Hidden - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Local experts define a paedophile as anyone who is sexually attracted to and molests a child five years his or her junior, but legally Jamaica has labelled the offence 'carnal abuse' or 'incest'.
Available statistics from the police on sex crimes against children - which include buggery, carnal abuse, incest and rape - indicate that every year, hundreds of children under 16, the legal age for sexual consent, are the targets of predators.
If sex occurs at a time when it really should not be happening, then the effects are going to be damaging.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20060429T180000-0500_103650_OBS_CHILD_SEX_ABUSE___RAMPANT_BUT_HIDDEN.asp   (1136 words)

  
 Sex Offender Information, Police Department, Des Plaines, Illinois (IL)
It also requires child sex offenders to sign a statement acknowledging they are aware that they are not allowed to live within 500 feet of a school or park.
As long as there is no fixed residence, sex offenders must now report weekly in person to the appropriate law enforcement entity, stating where they have resided for the past seven days.
The bill also allows a child sex offender to enter a school that is being used as a polling place for the purpose of voting.
www.desplaines.org /Services/Police/SexOffenderInformation.htm   (481 words)

  
 Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
Though related to my research on child abuse, it's only focused on use of alcohol and marijuana: no questions about abuse are asked, and anyone can participate, so long as they've used alcohol and/or marijuana in the past month and are willing to share some of their experiences.
Their most striking discovery was that child abuse (which they defined as kicking, biting, punching, beating, threatening with a gun or knife, or using a gun or knife) had declined by 47 percent among two-parent families with at least one child aged three to seventeen.
In addition to examining the incidence rates of child maltreatment, the study explored the characteristics of the children, youth and families who were the subject of child welfare investigations for alleged child abuse and neglect.
www.jimhopper.com /abstats/#official-us   (16605 words)

  
 Sex Offender Traits
sex crime depending upon the degree of consent of the partner, his/her age, kinship, sex, the nature of the act, offender’s intention, or the setting.
The basic technique of the sex offender is to gain some form of legitimate control over the victim, e.g., the offender being in a position of authority over the victim.
Sex offenders, for the most part, are hard working, tax paying citizens who support their family and who go to church with moderate regularity.
www.beachildshero.com /traits.htm   (1650 words)

  
 CD Fact Sheet 3: Comprehending child sex tourism
While the majority of child sex offenders are male, it is also known that women are involved, and in some cases, male and female offenders travel as a couple to avoid discovery.
Child sex tourist persuade themselves that in another country, normal social and moral restraints can be discarded, along with the belief that one will not be held responsible for his or her behavior.
The fact that most organized international child sex abuse occurs in developing countries indicates that child sex offenders exploit the economic hardships which many families endure.
www.captivedaughters.org /ByandAboutCD/CDdocuments/cdfactsheet3.htm   (613 words)

  
 Child Sexual Assault
If the child has not attained the age of 13 years, the penalty for this crime is imprisonment not to exceed 10 years or a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both.
If the child is between 13 and 17 years old, the penalty for this crime is imprisonment not to exceed 5 years or a fine not to exceed $10,000, or both.
(3) Exposing a sex organ to the child or causing the child to expose a sex organ
www.nvo.com /beaulier/childsexualassault   (1710 words)

  
 amw.com | Child Sex Offenders - Definitions
In particular, child predators are drawn to environments rich with potential victims such as daycare centers, schools, or foster care.
Sex offenders are very likely to repeat their crimes -- and many will even tell you their actions are compulsions that can't be suppressed.
Because sex offenders living in communities do pose a threat -- particularly to children -- all 50 states and the District of Columbia have a mandate to create a publicly accessible registry of convicted sex offenders.
www.amw.com /features/feature_story_detail.cfm?id=365   (1007 words)

  
 Prison Planet Archive - Elite Sex Ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sensational claims that an unnamed senior NSW government minister had sex with a 15-year-old have been raised in state parliament amid a decision to lower the age of consent for homosexual males to 16.
A woman former lay judge in a youth court in Germany is thought to have headed a child abuse ring that murdered a five-year-old boy.
Western troops, policemen, and civilians are largely to blame for the rapid growth of the sex slavery industry in Kosovo over the past five years, a mushrooming trade in which hundreds of women, many of them under-age girls, are tortured, raped, abused and then criminalised, Amnesty International said yesterday.
www.prisonplanet.com /archive_elite_sex_ring.html   (1903 words)

  
 NEWS.scotsman.com - Top Stories - Public to police child sex convicts
Members of the public will be asked to befriend convicted child sex offenders in a bid to stop them re-offending, The Scotsman has learned.
The system would plug an existing loophole, where sex offenders who have served their sentences and are not under licence go unmonitored, apart from being listed on the sex offenders’ register.
But many sex offenders have faced angry mobs when their identities become known, driving them underground, prompting fears they would find it easier to re-offend.
www.prisonplanet.com /public_to_police_child_sex_convicts.html   (800 words)

  
 Child sex-slaves freed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Child prostitutes brought to SA SA 'hub of child sex market'
Police believed this was part of a child-sex syndicate which was operating across the country, said superintendent Andre Neethling, head of the child protection unit in Gauteng, on Thursday.
The operations were continuing as police believed this was only the tip of the iceberg, and many more girls were still in the clutches of the criminals.
www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1623542,00.html   (283 words)

  
 SCADPlus: Combating child sex tourism
The main perpetrators of child sexual exploitation in tourism are not 'real' paedophiles but people who take advantage of being in another country to ignore the social taboos which would normally govern their behaviour ("preferential abusers" and "occasional abusers").
The Commission is concerned about the increase in child sexual exploitation and the fact that it is spreading geographically, and wants the Member States and the tourism industry to become more closely involved in fighting this scourge.
The reasons underlying the supply side of child sex tourism are as numerous as they are complex, although poverty is one of the main factors.
europa.eu /scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33093.htm   (951 words)

  
 American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of unreported instances is far greater, because the children are afraid to tell anyone what has happened, and the legal procedure for validating an episode is difficult.
The child of five or older who knows and cares for the abuser becomes trapped between affection or loyalty for the person, and the sense that the sexual activities are terribly wrong.
A child who is the victim of prolonged sexual abuse usually develops low self-esteem, a feeling of worthlessness and an abnormal or distorted view of sex.
www.aacap.org /publications/factsfam/sexabuse.htm   (834 words)

  
 About Child Sex Abuse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Any inquiry into child sexual abuse in Australian society and its institutions needs its main focus to be on changes in ingrained attitudes on matters of individual behaviour - and this is a matter needs to be addressed by leaders in non-state entities such as churches (though not through their 'institutions').
In other words, child sex abuse seems to be largely a product of a widespread failure of individual morality, and of the breakdown over the past few decades of stable family relationships in particular.
There were many professional delegates to the national child sex abuse conference - yet 3 mothers' stories had the most impact - who spoke of the systemic failure to protect their children (ie of failure by legal and welfare agencies established to help children).
cpds.brisbane.apana.org.au /Teams/Articles/child_abuse.htm   (14393 words)

  
 Americans Helping Fuel Mexico's Child-Sex Industry
Child prostitution continues unabated in Mexican tourist resorts and border cities despite a crackdown on pedophiles in both Mexico and the United States, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
The number of child victims of prostitution, pornography and human trafficking in Mexico has increased from 16,000 to 20,000 in the past five years, investigators estimate.
In February, an FBI sting operation nabbed seven men who planned to go to Ensenada, Mexico, where they were promised sex with boys as young as 9.
www.banderasnews.com /0601/nw-childsex.htm   (458 words)

  
 One Big Village - Child sex tourism
Unfortunately, as authorities crack down on abuse in one country, sexual exploitation including child sex tourism often moves to another with fewer legal measures against it.
Child Wise is another Australian organisation working at home and overseas to end child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Gradually, child sex tourism is being tackled by the tourism industry, governments and independent organisations devoted to ending the practice.
www.worldvision.com.au /onebigvillage/content.asp?topicID=81   (1041 words)

  
 Child sex net traps hundreds - National - www.theage.com.au
Others implicated in the unprecedented swoop on child sex crime include teachers, police officers, doctors, an assistant to a state MP, child welfare officers and defence personnel.
Those targeted in the operation face charges ranging from possession of child pornography to rape, serious sexual assault, child sex tourism and creation of child sex pornography images.
The investigation uncovered child pornography prepared in Australia and an undisclosed number of children have been taken into care by welfare authorities.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/30/1096527865277.html?oneclick=true   (753 words)

  
 CHILD WISE - ECPAT in Australia - Preventing Child Sex Tourism
Child Wise Tourism supports the government and the tourism industry to develop policies and programs to protect children from all kinds of abuse.
Tourism is not the cause of child sex tourism but it is a channel that provides offenders with a way to gain access to children.
Your donation to Child Wise will asist us in eradicating child sex tourism and ensuring that children are safe from sexual exploitation around the world.
www.ecpat.org /preventing-child-sex-tourism.php   (1151 words)

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