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Online Predators Dangers – Not Distinctively Dangerous Sex Offenders

Special Thanks Janis Wolak and David Finkelhor A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offenders, requiring special programs to protect youth. The study from the UNH Crimes...

Sexting – Child/Teen Cell Phone Abuse

It’s the trend among school kids, and it’s not downloading songs on devices or playing the current edition of Grand Theft Auto. It’s called “sexting”-sending graphic images and pornographic videos via text message to friends. It’s becoming such a problem...

Sex Offender Risk Assessment – Internet Offenders

The March 2011 issue of the ATSA journal contains pertinent articles on the risk assessment of internet offenders. Wakeling et al. in an article pertaining to sex offender risk assessment, found that a modified version of the Risk Matrix 2000...

Adolescent Sex Offender Sentencing

“C.R.” grew up in a chaotic, highly conflictual home. He was immature, socially klutzy, anxious and depressed. Friends introduced him to online pornography, readily accessible for free via peer-to-peer file sharing. He took to smoking marijuana and escaping into sexual...

Pornography Addiction Treatment: First Steps From A Christian Perspective

Make no mistake: pornography is a destroyer. It will destroy your ability to be rightly and redemptively related to your spouse, to your children, to yourself, and to God himself. Moreover, overcoming pornography addiction will not happen by accident. Here...