Child Predators Online

By: Ryan, Robbie, Sheryl, and Alan

Table of Contents:
Definition

How to Identify Sex Offenders

How it happens

Why children agree to meet with sexual predators

Ways to prevent it from happening

Who is involved

Breaking News
Consequences For Sexual Predators
Statistics
Registered sex offenders in the GTA

How people are affected

How it affects the victim
Our opinion
Bibliography

Definition
Adults online who sexually exploit children
They target,interact and then victimize minors
Sexual chat,sexual photos/videos
Sometimes they meet their victims
Sometimes sexual activities remain online
Convince victims to participate in child pornography

How it Happens
Meeting new people online
- Chatroulette
- Omegle
- Multiplayer Games (MMOs, FPS, etc.)
Becoming TOO comfortable
- Giving them too much information about yourself/location
Intentions

Ways to prevent child predators

Know who your kids are talking to
Don't trust people you meet online
Confront or avoid him/her altogether
Don't add people you don't know.
Have mutual friends
Don't send personal information

Breaking News
Current News Story:

Twelve year old Katy Glover from texas

Katy talked with a 16 year old online

He asked for nude photos

Katys mother found a letter with the request

Shari (mother) did not contact the police

Man is actually a middle-age sexual predator

Consequences For Child Predators

Restrictions to where they can live
Websites and social media restricted
Reputation is ruined
Jail time varies (place and number of offenses, other)
90 days- 14 years jail time

Sexual Assault Statistics

62,939 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in 2012.
9.3% of cases of maltreatment of children in 2012 were classified as
sexual abuse
In a 2012 maltreatment report, of the victims who were sexually abused,
26% were in the age group of 1214 years and 34% were younger than 9
years. 9
Approximately 1.8 million adolescents in the United States have been
the victims of sexual assault

Sexual Abuse via Technology

Approximately 1 in 7 (13%) youth Internet users received unwanted

sexual solicitations.
In nearly half (47%) of the cases involving an Internet-initiated sex
crimes victim, the predator offered gifts or money during the
relationship-building phase
1 in 25 youths received an online sexual solicitation in which the
solicitor tried to make offline contact.
An estimated 60% of perpetrators of sexual abuse are known to the

How to Identify
a Child
Predator

Child predators can be of different

Age
Economic/Social status
Gender
Looks
Most common character traits
amongst child predators
Intimacy towards children
Crime tolerant attitudes
Self regulation difficulties

Why children agree to meet with sexual

predators:
Become friends with the predator
Think they know the person
Able to trust the predator
Person does them favors
Person gives them advice

Who is involved
There are many people that can be involved and affected when it comes
to child predation.
-

Victim
(Child)

Predat
or

Parents
of the
victim
Close

Friends of
the
victim
Educators
(Teach
ers
etc.)
Departme
nt of

How
People
Are
Affected

The Victim
- Emotional trauma, shame.
The Sexual Offender
- Jail time, fines, shame
Parents of the Victim
- Vengeance, Anger, Sadness
People that know the victim. Eg. Friends,
family
- Feelings of remorse

How it affects the victim

Mentally traumatized
Physically abused
Nightmares bad Flashbacks
Mental health problems;anxiety,depression
Difficulty trusting in relationships
Embarrassment/Humiliation
Substance abuse-numbs the emotional pain

Our Opinion
There are two people at fault
Many ways to stop it
More people should be
informed
Parents should pay closer
attention
Teach kids about internet
safety

Bibliography
https://www.nsopw.gov/en/Education/FactsStatistics?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130735&page=1
http://csom.org/train/etiology/3/3_1.htm
http://www.childmolestationvictims.com/the-grooming-process-how-sexual-predators-con-you-and-your-child/
http://www.thelawman.net/Sex-Crimes/Sexual-Predator-vs-Sex-Offender.shtml
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2015_23/page-1.html
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/179/6/482
http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Predators
http://www.familysafecomputers.org/predators.htm