Author: Daniel Hanson

Protecting our children from Predators.
I am adding this material because I believe the general public chooses to deny that this can happen. As I stated previously I have a son with a handicap and spent a good deal of time in hospitals when he was younger. I remember watching one mother cry because her son had been molested by her boyfriend whom she trusted to watch him. He died from the loss of blood. . Another 4 year old girl came to the hospital running yet another unexplainable fever. Despite all the tests the doctors could not figure out what caused the fever. I can still remember her shaking her head yes when I asked if someone was putting something in her urinary tract. The first and singularly important thing to do when a child or someone tells you that they have been hurt is believe them. You will lose their trust and make the road to recovery so much more difficult.
Rape on college campuses is a huge problem nationally. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, put it this way: "Every school would like to think it's immune from sexual violence but the facts suggest otherwise. According to one widely referenced study 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted while in college."
Under the landmark Title IX legislation, Duncan said, schools have an obligation to ensure students impacted by this get justice and also the help they need to complete their education: "We know that if children and young people aren't safe they can't learn. It's as simple and as fundamental of a problem as that."
Most universities and colleges, however, fail to take adequate measures to prevent sexual assault on campus, the U.S. Department of Education said in a 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter. About 20% of women and 6% of men are victims of completed or attempted sexual assaults during college.
It has only been in the past decade or so that legislation has begun to address this crisis of rape on college campuses. Why? Schools did not want parents knowing they had a problem so they would send their little girls there. Some actively covered it up. Make it a point to ask how many rapes they have had when considering a college to attend. It is required by law now that regular reports are issued to the students about campus crimes. Also ask them what they have and will do for a victim. Be very leery of colleges that are big on sports.
If you are underage do not accept drinks. You are too easy to be intoxicated and taken advantage of. Only drink something that you have opened yourself. Alcohol is still the number one drug used to incapacitate victims. Never go to a party that you do not know anyone. Never go alone. Always have someone who will stick with you and protect you. Some date raped drugs if given too much of can be fatal. There are usually some telltale signs that a sexual assault has taken place. You may have swelling and soreness, bruising, and possibly abrasions of the genital and anal areas. You also may find bruising about your extremities where you may have been held down.
To combat growing child prostitution, federal agencies formed the Innocence Lost National Initiative in June 2003 to address enterprises involved in the domestic sex trafficking of children. Those agencies were the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, the Department of Justice's Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
A three-day federal crackdown on child prostitution rings across the country has resulted in the recovery of 69 children and the arrest of 884 people, including 99 pimps, federal authorities said in November of 2010. Still want to let your children run free on the internet? American children are being sold for sex in this country not some other third world country.
There are now 39 Innocence Lost task forces and working groups throughout the country. The FBI says that at least 25 percent of adult prostitutes were enticed into the illegal activity as juveniles. So far, those units have recovered 1,250 children, and the initiative has resulted in 438 indictments, 625 convictions, 153 criminal enterprises disrupted and 58 successfully dismantled, authorities said. Convictions have resulted in sentences ranging up to 25-years-to-life and in the seizure of more than $3 million in assets, authorities said.
Statistics indicate that most female runaways will be forced out on the street as hookers within 72 hours. Some will be gang raped to lower their self-esteem so they can work the streets. Still want to run away? I recall a case from the news of a 15-year-old runaway that was captured by two 18-year-olds (male and female) and kept in a box under a bed. She only got out for sex. If you are being sexually abused at home running away is not the answer nor will it make you any safer. Report any abuse to the authorities. There are some cased where under aged boys and girls are kidnapped and forced into prostitution but most are seduced by men who make them feel loved and offer other securities. If you are a father make sure your child does not need love and security from another man. Some young girls are recruited by other girls for their pimps. Always know who your daughter associates with. Sex trafficking does not discriminate and preys upon vulnerability. The average age a girl is when first being prostituted is 13. Be wary of older boyfriends. In short traffickers prey on the most vulnerable of society. Once a girl enters the world of prostitution they have a 7 year life expectancy with homicide and aids as the main source of death. Then there is the fact that prostitutes commit suicide at a rate 45 times that of the general population. One pimp let a girl go because she had reached her shelf life. The drugs they will hook you on to keep you dependent on them take a toll. 
Another raid dubbed Operation Dark Night captured 43 criminals and freed 11 sex slaves in Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina. One woman was kept in a 10 X 12 box with a small bed where she performed sex acts. The detailed indictment details how some victims would sometimes service 30 or more men a day, all for 30 Dollars each. The road to recovery for these victims is a long one. The most deprived thing is that most if not all of the Johns had to know something was wrong but never reported it. Sadly this is just the tip of the ice burg. 
Traffickers use a variety of tactics -- both online and in person -- to trap their victims. Profits from human trafficking are estimated at $32 billion, $15.5 billion of which comes from industrialized nations, according to a 2005 report from the International Labor Organization. According to the FBI, an estimated 293,000 American youth are at risk 
According to San Antonio Police Detective George Segura, gangs look for girls on Facebook who are showing off a bit too much skin, and are possibly seeking attention. Gang members then approach the girls on Facebook, befriend them, and convince them to meet up in person. No one is too young to be exploited — police say girls as young as 12 are being recruited. The sex trade is big business for gangs. According to a Bexar County probation officer, gang members "can easily make hundreds of thousands of dollars per girl, per year." Girls as young as 12 are being lured into prostitution. That age is too young to be on the internet particularly social sites like Facebook. I was at a zoo with my son and there was a woman and her daughter there that was taking a lot of selfies with a tablet. I eventually asked why she took so many. She told me she had a Facebook friend who wanted to know where she was. When I found out she did not know who it was I told her she should delete them immediately; she was very likely being stalked. Even some older children are not safe on social sites.
According to www.Sex-Offenders.us: A child is molested every four seconds. Nearly one out of every three girls and one of every four boys is molested by age 18. This difference in these numbers may be because boys report molestation less frequently than girls. 
Adults were the offender in 60% of the sexual assaults of youth under age 12. Rarely were the offenders of young victim’s strangers. Strangers were the offender in just 3% of sexual assaults against victims under age 6 and 5% of the sexual assault of victimizations of youth ages 6 through 11.-Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement, 7/00, NCJ 182990, U.S. Department of Justice
• 1 in 5 violent offenders serving time in a state prison reported having victimized a child.
- BJS Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
• 2/3 of all prisoners convicted of rape or sexual assault had committed their crime against a child. - BJS Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
The most dangerous people are the ones you know and trust.
Read more at http://www.lindenhurststrangerdanger.com 
What, you cannot believe a human being can commit these actions against another human being and, especially, against innocent children? Why because you would not? I have seen very real pictures of young children beheaded so nothing should shock you as being unbelievable. Especially if a child tells you someone has done something to them.
Do you feel helpless in not knowing what to do to protect your child? There should be nothing you won’t do to protect them.
* Every 40 seconds, in the United States alone, a child is reported missing or abducted. 
* 1.5 million Children are abducted each year. Can you imagine what this figure must be worldwide? 
* With approximately 75 million children in the United States, every person has a 1% chance of being snatched away before surviving to adulthood to a parent (even 1% is 1% too much!) 
* Of child kidnapping victims, 40% are killed, 4% are never found, with 71% being taken by a complete stranger 
* Most abductions occur within a quarter of a mile from the victim’s home 
* 32% of child abductions take place on a street or in a car, while another 25% of abductions take place in a park or a wooded area 
* In 46% of child abductions (almost half), the child is sexually assaulted 
* More than 70% of kidnapping victims are girls 
* 75% of kidnapped children are murdered within three hours of their abduction 
Taken from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Many child molesters know their victims. Some stalk their victims, observing their habits as they walk to and from school. They often try to buy houses near schools or parks.
Pedophiles have a strong, almost irresistible, desire to have sex with children. The average pedophile molests 260 victims during their lifetime. Over 90% of convicted pedophiles are arrested again for the same offense after their release from prison.
The best protection is to help your children learn to resist unwanted advances and to learn about threats in your neighborhood.
Visit www.Sex-Offenders.us for resisted offenders in your neighborhood or http://www.nsopw.gov/en. I found 20 listed for my zip code.
“There are 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and an estimated 80 to 100,000 of them are missing. They’re supposed to be registered, but we don’t know where they are and we don’t know where they’re living”.- Ernie Allen, President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to co-anchor Hannah Storm on The Early Show
A male victim of rape without intervention ends up becoming a predator himself. This does not excuse their behavior but more has to be done to encourage them to come forward to receive help. . Historically, rape has been viewed as a crime against women. Only recently did the government change the law to include males. I believe more has to be done to protect them in the first place. I am introducing a petition on Whitehouse.gov to make chemical castration mandatory for anyone who forcibly molests a minor. This is the only sure fired way to break the cycle of violence. I have had two women ask me if rape can be prevented. YES IT CAN! The system is failing miserably and this is a very effective and low cost alternative that will do more to prevent rape than anything currently utilized.
When I was 12 my parents had a friend that did not seem right in the head to me. One day he showed up at our door and wanted me to play with him. Even at 12 it seemed odd for me to play with a married man that had kids. About a week or so later his wife showed up telling me it was a very good thing I had not. One predator told me that child molesters are just adults that have never grown up doing adult things with children. Then there was the one I knew that prayed on the church because he knew how to play on their weakness that they must forgiveness sinners. 
I remember talking with a 3 or 4 year old girl one time. Evidently her parents had been telling her about perverts that like little girls. She asked me what they did to little girls and I said “they like to hurt them”. She asked me how. I said I could not say but “it would probably hurt just like they but a nail right through your little arm”. Feel free to use this yourself.
Would your kids go home with a stranger? You need to test them. 20 children were tested after being told not to talk to strangers or go with them. Despite that 7 of the 20 went with a stranger. I am not going to propagate how they were lured away but just telling them is not enough. It is important to teach them that strangers look nice as well. They need to develop critical thinking.
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