[Vision2020] Watch Dateline tonight 9 p.m.

Sat Feb 4 09:03:41 PST 2006

J,  et al,

It is very important for parents/teachers/etc to educate themselves and to discuss and to educate minors of all ages about the egregious threats to them from sexual abuse and attendant harm/death/etc from strangers.  Perhaps Jennifer McFarland has some material to post or to link us to which parents/teachers might use in this regard.

However, child sexual abuse from strangers is only a minor part of the problem!

I do not have the latest research (again, Jennifer may be able to help us) but it has been estimated that from 85% to 97% of actual child sexual abuse incidents are perpetrated by members of the victims' families and/or circle of everyday acquaintances.

The perpetrators include parents/guardians, all other relatives and family friends, religious counselors/professionals, teachers, youth organization leaders such as Boy Scout Leaders, etc.  The vast, vast majority of these perpetrators are married men.  I hope that Ms. McFarland or some other appropriately qualified person can oblige us with some reliable information about this subject because some of the statistics will amaze many even in this relatively educationally sophisticated area.

I do not know about the following statistic for all of Idaho or the U.S., but when I lived in Boundary County, the most common child sexual abuse problems were fathers having sex repeatedly with their teenaged daughters.  Because of the religious and political nature of the county then few of the incidents were officially reported, most of the reported crimes were never prosecuted, the ones that were prosecuted resulted in unbelievably lax sentences as a result of horrible plea bargains, and there appeared to be in these father/teenaged daughter cases almost a 100% recidivism rate.  (I also know that because of these problems and their official handling, many of the best, most professionally qualified law enforcement officers were extremely disgusted, angry, and demoralized with respect to these this problems.)

Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Watch Dateline tonight 9 p.m. 

> Ok, so I thought this was the fourth episode...actually the "third" one was 
> only a teaser of this show.  I know they showed the guys being arrested a 
> couple of weeks ago, so I thought this was a totally new show.
> 
> Point is, this should be shown to high school kids so they understand just 
> what is at stake when they talk to someone on-line that really does not have 
> their best interest at heart.
> 
> These people make me sick.
> 
> J  :]
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Watch Dateline tonight 9 p.m.
>>Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:22:24 -0800
>>
>>This is actually the fourth report on this subject that Dateline has done.  
>>The first two, the perps were allowed to walk...the last two, they get 
>>arrested as soon as they walk/run/stumble out of the house.  They are 
>>working with a group, Perverted- Justice who are the initial investigators; 
>>they set up the "dates" and Chris Hansen meets them in the house, complete 
>>with cameras and mike to record the entire encounter.
>>
>>The perps have ranged from a rabi to an unemployed stockboy.  Some have 
>>gone right back home and gotten back on line to set up another date with 
>>another kid.  Totally disgusting bunch.  Still think the key to whatever 
>>door slams on them should be tossed and never looked for.  They continue to 
>>prove there is absolutely no "cure" for this kind of behavior.
>>
>>Web link:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11103248/
>>
>>Really good set of reports - I've watched all of them and will be watching 
>>the one tonight.
>>
>>J  :]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
>>>To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Watch Dateline tonight 9 p.m.
>>>Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:52:24 -0800
>>>
>>>Yes, and put it on TV so that we can all see it and show it to our teens 
>>>so
>>>they will know it isn't just talk.
>>>
>>>
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>
>>>To: "Vision2020 at Moscow. Com" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:20 AM
>>>Subject: [Vision2020] Watch Dateline tonight 9 p.m.
>>>
>>>
>>>Dateline set up an online sting that caught 49 potential child molesters 
>>>in
>>>Riverside County, CA. Caught in the trap were a teacher, a former police
>>>officer who works for Homeland Security and a registered sex offender.
>>>Kudos to the show.
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