Pedophiles

Paper Summary:

This paper expands upon the definition of a pedophile, examines ways in which online child porn has expanded the activities of the pedophiles and promoted crimes against children, describes the U.S. law against pedophilia and child porn, and looks at the recidivism rates of pedophiles.

Who are the Pedophiles?
How the Internet has Expanded the Activities of the Pedophile
Escalation in Crimes Against Children
Laws Against Child Porn
Recidivism Rates of Pedophiles
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Before the mass advent of the Internet, most child predators stalked their victims in public places such as schoolyards, playgrounds, and shopping malls. Attempting to make contact with children in person exposed the pedophiles to enhanced risk of getting caught; hence their activity was limited in scope. With the advent of the Internet, most predators target children for criminal acts in cyberspace. Young children and teenagers are considered relatively "soft" targets by the pedophiles since they are "often trusting, naive, curious, adventuresome, and eager for attention and affection" and the anonymity of the Internet eliminates many of the risks that predators previously faced while attempting to make contact with children in person. ("Internet Crimes..." Section on "Children as Targets...") Research has shown that about 25% of the children who use the Internet regularly are at some stage approached by strangers for unwanted sexual advances. (Ibid.)"

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