Internet sex crimes more complicated than public thinks

INTERNET SEX CRIMES MORE COMPLICATED THAN PUBLIC THINKS
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Dr. David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire told the Senate Commerce Committee that, after studying hundreds of cases, his research team found: 1) Teenagers, not young children, are the typical online sex crime victims. And the "predominant crime scenario" rarely involves violence or abduction. These take place, respectively, in only five and three percent of cases. 2) The overwhelming majority of adult offenders do not conceal who they really are. 80% are "quite explicit about their sexual intentions towards these kids." 3) Violent sex crimes are atypical in these cases. By the time the adult and the teenager have met, the former has typically engaged in weeks of "very often quite explicit online conversations that play on the teen's desire for romance, adventure, sexual information and understanding."
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