by Julie Posey
Online sex offenders believe that children have the right to consent to sexual activity with adults. They believe that it they are only encouraging the child to act on his or her own inner desires and that children do not need to be protected from adult/child sexual interaction.
Online sex offenders believe that they are not doing anything wrong and that they are not forcing their need for gratification on children or taking advantage of their innocence. The problem with that belief is that children are not prepared for the emotional or physical aspects of sex. Many of the child victims are not even able to decide what they want for supper much less have the ability to consent to sex with adults.In just about every case I’ve worked, the suspect at some point asks if I’m a cop. He even tells me that it is a federal law that if you are a law enforcement officer, you must disclose that if someone asks. I think some drugged hooker came up with that because there’s no law anywhere that you have to disclose anything about being an officer of the law.
The Internet offers a level of anonymity or at least a perceived one. The average Internet sex offender believes that he will never get caught. The sad fact is that there is some truth to that. Its been estimated that less than 1% are caught and brought to justice. Child molesters out number law enforcement by at least 1000 to one. Still there are many that are caught and brought to justice.
Where do people get this stuff? There is no law anywhere that requires an officer to disclose to an online suspect or anyone else that he or she is a police officer. Most of them wouldn’t believe it if it was disclosed though.
I’ve also observed that in most cases I’ve worked on, the offender had very high expectations of the kid. They expect the young person to handle the details of obtaining birth control, arranging rides to meet out of town and so much more.
Many Internet offenders can be found strongly advocating for the protection of children. I call these the Watch Dog offenders. They will disguise themselves as concerned citizens and will often attempt to insert themselves into organizations that represent children, support legislation that prevents sexual abuse or regulates sex offenders and they will appear to be anything but what he is - someone who is harmful to children.The inner thoughts of the Internet offender are very distorted and these beliefs are often overlooked by society. The bottom line is, our children will continue to be abused if we don’t take action and do something to keep them behind bars.
Here are some sex offender resources:
- National Alert Registry (NAR) was designed to bring sex offender information directly to the public. By conducting a ZIP Code search they will be able to notify you if a sexual offender has moved into your community as well as provide you with a complete profile of the sexual offender.
- Cyber Detective guides you through the process of finding information about nearly anyone. This incredible software resource will instantly guide you through the maze of over 800 million web pages and bring you to where you need to be to find what you’re looking for, then walk you through the process of how to locate the information you’re seeking.
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Tags: Anonymity, Child Molesters, Julie Posey, Physical Aspects, Sex Offender, sex offender behaviors
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