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MILITARY NEWS- F**king PAEDOPHILES-- Canada we ran ourselves ragged in the 70s
and 80s cleaning up this sheeet.... especially our own Roman Catholic Church-
and we must NOT Stop...bikers, troops, homeless, street folks, oldies like us-
git r done/CANADA LET'S CLEAN UP R PAEDOOPHILES- git em b4 the law
does/CHILDREN OF THE SECRET- One Billion Rising- No more Excuses-No more
f**king abuses/ANONYMOUS- GREAT PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS- Russia and countries vote
castration of paedophiles- SEPT 1- Getcha Canada On-How ‘vigilantes’ work
‘within the law’ to force child sex offenders out of Canadian
communities/NEWSFLASH- Sep 22- JUSTICE 4 REHTAEH PARSONS- one abuser pleads
guilty- ONE BILLION RISING- no more excuses /Sept. 25- Pope fires Bishop who
promoted PAEDOPHILE Priest- a huntin we will go
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Female Sex Offenders - Female Sexual Predators
Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because of a lack of awareness by the public.
Female Sex Offenders- Sexual assault of children by females
Statistics - Female Sex Offenders - Female Sexual Predators
75% of sexual predators are male and 25% are female.86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren't believed, so the crimes go unreported and don't get prosecuted.
Considering these facts, arrest statistics for child sexual offenders by gender are meaningless.
From "The Sexual Abuse by Women of Children and Teenagers"
UK TV programme - Panorama - BBC1 - 10 pm Monday, October 6th, 1997
Up to 64,000 women in UK 'are child-sex offenders'
tags: Female Sex Offenders Statistics - Female Sexual Predators StatisticsAfter Plymouth case shocked the nation, police say number of women abusing children
The Guardian UK and The Observer, by Mark Townsend and Rajeev Syal, Sunday 4 October 2009
Child sex abuse by women is significantly more widespread than previously realised, with experts estimating that there could be up to 64,000 female offenders in Britain.
Researchers from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF), a child protection charity that deals with British female sex offenders, said its studies confirmed that a "fair proportion" of child abusers were women. Donald Findlater, director of research and development, said results indicated that up to 20% of a conservative estimate of 320,000 suspected UK paedophiles were women.
The release of the figures comes days after a Plymouth nursery school worker, Vanessa George – together with Angela Allen from Nottingham and Colin Blanchard from Rochdale – pleaded guilty to sexually abusing young children.
Polk female teacher faces 20 additional charges of sex with student
Female teacher accused of having sex with 17-year-old faces more unlawful sex charges stemming from a relationship with another boy.
Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. by Erica Rodriguez, April 23, 2014A Polk County female teacher already jailed for supposedly carrying on a love affair with a 17-year-old student now faces 20 additional counts of unlawful sex with another student, the Polk County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.
Jennifer Fichter, 29, was jailed last week after her alleged four-month sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy at Central Florida Aerospace Academy in Lakeland came to light. Polk County sheriff's investigators this week say the English teacher had consensual sex with another one of her students over a seven-month period beginning in October 2011.
The 17-year-old boy was a junior in Fichter's English class at the time, and the two communicated with a texting application which the boy downloaded to his iPod since he did not have a cell phone, according to an arrest report. The boy told investigators at first he and Fichter two would spend time in the teacher's apartment watching TV and cuddling on the couch in September 2011. The relationship then became sexual the following month. Some of the sexual encounters happened in the boy's bedroom while his mother was away, according to an arrest report. More..
Woman, 22, charged after girl, 15, rescued from sex trade at Burlington, Ont., hotel
Canadian Press, January 24, 2014BURLINGTON, Ont. — An investigation into sex trade workers operating from hotels led police to a teenage girl they allege was forced into prostitution in Burlington, Ont.
Halton regional police say they rescued the 15-year-old victim and laid human trafficking charges against a 22-year-old woman. More..
Female Perpetration of Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview of the Problem
The American Humane Association which was responsible for gathering data from the yearly reports provided by the 50 U.S. states child protective agencies from 1973 through 1987 on child sexual abuse. They found that approximately 20 percent of substantiated cases of child sexual abuse during that time period had been perpetrated by females. More ..We bring you this section of our website to increase your awareness of the problem. Hopefully, this increased awareness will protect more boys and girls from male and female sexual predators.
Notice how in some of the articles the term "affair" or "relationship" or "slept with" is used if the perpetrator is female. When the perpetrator is male it is more likely called "sexual assault" or "rape".
According to David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, U.S.A. and stated in one of the largest newspapers in the U.S.A., the rise in recognition and prosecution of female sexual predators is due at least in part to the increased number of female police officers. Apparently, this results in prosecution of female sexual predators for their crimes without the police being labelled misogynistic.
From the Health Canada report of 1996
The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens
Female PerpetratorsThe Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens
As recently as 10 years ago, it was a common assumption that females did not or could not sexually abuse children or youth. Even some professionals working in the field believed that women represented only about 1% to 3% of sexual abusers at most. However, mounting research evidence about sexual abuse perpetration at the hands of teen and adult females has begun to challenge our assumptions, though these earlier and dated views still tend to predominate.
The percentage of women and teenage girl perpetrators recorded in case report studies is small and ranges from 3% to 10% (Kendall-Tackett and Simon, 1987; McCarty, 1986; Schultz and Jones, 1983; Wasserman and Kappel, 1985). When the victim is male, female perpetrators account for 1 % to 24% of abusers. When the victim is female, female perpetrators account for 6% to 17% of abusers (American Humane Association, 1981; Finkelhor and Russell, 1984; Finkelhor et al., 1990). In the Ontario Incidence Study, 10% of sexual abuse investigations involved female perpetrators (Trocme, 1994). However, in six studies reviewed by Russell and Finkelhor, female perpetrators accounted for 25% or more of abusers. Ramsay-Klawsnik (1990) found that adult females were abusers of males 37% of the time and female adolescents 19% of the time. Both of these rates are higher than the same study reported for adult and teen male abusers.
Dynamics of Female-Perpetrated Abuse
Some research has reported that female perpetrators commit fewer and less intrusive acts of sexual abuse compared to males. While male perpetrators are more likely to engage in anal intercourse and to have the victim engage in oral-genital contact, females tend to use more foreign objects as part of the abusive act (Kaufman et al., 1995). This study also reported that differences were not found in the- frequency of vaginal intercourse, fondling by the victim or abuser, genital body contact without penetration or oral contact by the abuser.
Females may be more likely to use verbal coercion than physical force. The most commonly reported types of abuse by female perpetrators include vaginal intercourse, oral sex, fondling and group sex (Faller, 1987; Hunter et al., 1993). However, women also engage in mutual masturbation, oral, anal and genital sex acts, show children pornography and play sex games (Johnson, 1989; Knopp and Lackey, 1987). The research suggests that, overall, female and male perpetrators commit many of the same acts and follow many of the same patterns of abuse against their victims. They also do not tend to differ significantly in terms of their relationship to the victim (most are relatives) or the location of the abuse (Allen, 1990; Kaufman et al., 1995).
It is interesting to note in the study by Kaufman et al. (1995) that 8% of the female perpetrators were teachers and 23% were babysitters, compared to male perpetrators who were 0% and 8% respectively. Finkelhor et al. (1988) also report significantly higher rates of sexual abuse of children by females in day-care settings. Of course, Finkelhor's findings should not surprise us given that women represent the majority of day-care employees.
Research on teen and adult female sexual abuse perpetrators has found that many suffer from low self-esteem, antisocial behaviour, poor social and anger management skills, fear of rejection, passivity, promiscuity, mental health problems, post-traumatic stress disorder and mood disorders (Hunter et al., 1993; Mathews, Matthews and Speltz, 1989). However, as in the case of male perpetrators, research does not substantiate that highly emotionally disturbed or psychotic individuals predominate among the larger population of female sexual abusers (Faller, 1987).
There is some evidence that females are more likely to be involved with co-abusers, typically a male, though studies report a range from 25% to 77% (Faller, 1987; Kaufman et al., 1995; McCarty, 1986). However, Mayer (1992), in a review of data on 17 adolescent female sex offenders, found that only 2 were involved with male co-perpetrators. She also found that the young women in this study knew their victims and that none experienced legal consequences for their actions.
Self-report studies provide a very different view of sexual abuse perpetration and substantially increase the number of female perpetrators. In a retrospective study of male victims, 60% reported being abused by females (Johnson and Shrier, 1987). The same rate was found in a sample of college students (Fritz et al., l 981). In other studies of male university and college students, rates of female perpetration were found at levels as high as 72% to 82% (Fromuth and Burkhart, 1987, 1989; Seidner and Calhoun, 1984). Bell et al. (1981) found that 27% of males were abused by females. In some of these types of studies, females represent as much as 50% of sexual abusers (Risin and Koss, 1987). Knopp and Lackey (1987) found that 51% of victims of female sexual abusers were male. It is evident that case report and self-report studies yield very different types of data about prevalence. These extraordinary differences tell us we need to start questioning all of our assumptions about perpetrators and victims of child maltreatment.
Finally, there is an alarmingly high rate of sexual abuse by females in the backgrounds of rapists, sex offenders and sexually aggressive men - 59% (Petrovich and Templer, 1984), 66% (Groth, 1979) and 80% (Briere and Smiljanich, 1993). A strong case for the need to identify female perpetrators can be found in Table 4, which presents the findings from a study of adolescent sex offenders by O'Brien (1989). Male adolescent sex offenders abused by "females only" chose female victims almost exclusively.
Table 4
Victim Gender Based on Who Previously Abused the Perpetrator
| Gender of Perpetrators' Own Victimizer | Gender of Victim Male or Both | Female Only |
| Male only | 67.5% | 32.5% |
| Female only | 6.7% | 93.3% |
Table 5
Gender of Abusers of Male Victims in Treatment Groups
N %
| Gender of Abusers | N | % |
| Intrafamilial Abuse (N=54)Male perpetrated | 54 | 100.0 |
| Female perpetrated | 39 | 72.2 |
| Extrafamilial Abuse (N=55)Male adult | 50 | 90.9 |
| Female adult | 30 | 54.5 |
| Male adolescent | 39 | 70.9 |
| Female adolescent | 24 | 43.6 |
Video Documentary - Female Sexual Predators
When girls do it: an examination of female sexual predators
The Canadian Children's Rights Council recommends this video documentary to all law makers, police, child protection workers, educators, school teachers and organizations concerned about recognizing female sexual predators.This documentary originally aired on CTV in August, 2001
Reporter comments about a female sexual predator:
"In September 1997, she was making her first court appearance and I remember the first time I saw her I was immediately flabbergasted because she looked so innocent. She was so slight, small in her build, and so young, and I thought, 'she can't be a sex offender, it's impossible.'"
- Reporter Cheryl Jahn, speaking about convicted sexual offender Crystal Henricks
From the website of "When Girls Do It" ( website deleted Oct. /04)
"When Girls Do It" is a 45-minute video examining the motivations of female sexual predators, the destructive effects of their actions on their victims, and the reluctance of victims to come forward.
"When Girls Do It" features compelling testimony and powerful interviews with survivors of abuse by female sexual offenders, therapists, and psychologists. The documentary delves into related issues including the long-held misconception that sexual abuse of children is exclusively a male crime.
Vancouver filmmaker Glynis Whiting produced, a hard-hitting investigation of one of the most under-reported crimes in North America. When Girls Do It: The Story of Female Sexual Predators is a provocative and passionate look at the motivations of women who abuse and the devastating effects of their crime on their victims."We're always shocked to hear stories of sexual abuse, but it seems all the more disturbing when the abusers are women," said Whiting, who wrote and directed the groundbreaking documentary.
Maureen Prentice, who produced When Girls Do It with Whiting, added, "There is a long-held perception in society of women as nurturing mother figures. Victims of female sexual abuse are often reluctant to come forward because they fear not being believed."
The most common offenders are relatives, with mothers topping the list. But it could be anyone baby-sitters, neighbours or teachers.
Crystal Henricks, a 19-year-old woman convicted of drugging and molesting children, serves as a case study. The one-hour documentary also includes interviews with a female sexual offender, victims who have survived female sexual abuse, and international experts who provide insight and debate into the crime.
Filmed on location in Prince George, Vancouver, Vancouver Island and Dallas, When Girls Do It explores the human reality behind female sexual abuse. It underscores the urgent need for victims to feel secure in identifying female sexual predators in order to prevent countless other children from becoming victims.
Ordering information - This documentary is no longer being sold new when we checked in May 2014.
Female Sexual Offenders / Predators in the News
A Special Report: Raped by His Mother - A Victim Comes Forward
Teacher gets six months
The Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall, ON, By DAVID NESSETH, October 30, 2008
Former Ingleside teacher Jennifer Dorland was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday for a sexual relationship with a male student in 2004. Dorland is in her early 40s; the boy - whose identity is protected by a publication ban - was 13 at the time of the incident at Dorland's Ingleside home.
Dorland, who is now known as Jennifer Toews, was found guilty of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching on Dec. 20, 2007. More..
FEMALE TEACHER SEX CRIMES
Hundreds of Female Teacher Sex Crimes - Offenders - Sex Crimes by Country
The Canadian Children's Rights Council has a project underway to compare laws of a few countries to those of Canada and the penalties associated with those sex crimes committed against children.
Female Teacher's licence revoked following sex convictions
Ottawa Citizen, Andrew Seymour, Wednesday, May 28, 2008A Cornwall-area female teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student has had her teacher's licence revoked.
The Ontario College of Teachers withdrew the teaching licence of Jennifer Dorland, 42, earlier this month after finding her guilty of eight counts of professional misconduct under the Ontario College of Teachers Act.
Ms. Dorland, who now goes by the name Jennifer Toews, pleaded no contest to the accusations. She did not attend the May 6 hearing or have a lawyer make arguments on her behalf.
In their decision, the three-member disciplinary panel found that Ms. Dorland's actions "betrayed the trust of students, parents and the public." More..
Babysitter jailed for sexually assaulting boy
Woman, 40, handed 2 1/2 years for multiple sexual encounters
CanadianCRC Editor: Notice the discriminatory wording if the sexual offender is female and the child that was sexually assaulted is male. The use of the words "affair", "relationship", "sexual encounter", "sexual tryst". Notice that she didn't get jail time. The female judge agreed that the offender should get 2 1/2 years in jail and then gave her time "in the community", effectively no sentence. The female sexual predator also blamed her actions on her ex-husband and the boy victim, a common pattern these days in which female perpetrators of domestic violence are told they are always the victim.
The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S., January 19, 2008, by Jennifer Stewart, Court ReporterFor months Pamela Ruth Collins bonded with the 12-year-old boy she was hired to babysit.
But that’s not all the former Halifax woman was doing.
Ms. Collins, 40, was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison for seducing the now 15-year-old Halifax boy into having sex with her on dozens of occasions between July 1, 2004, and May 20, 2005. More..
Quebec woman gets 15 months for having sex with boy when he was 13
Canadian Press, various newspapers and media across Canada, Thursday, March 29, 2007QUEBEC (CP) - A Quebec woman who had sex with a 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.
The relationship between Julie Dorval, 31, and the boy began after the youth made advances over the Internet. Within about three months they had sex on several occasions. Youth protection services were called after Dorval and the teenager were seen walking hand-in-hand and hugging each other. Dorval pleaded guilty last April to sexual assault.
Prosecutors had been seeking a sentence of at least two years in a federal penitentiary, while the defence suggested a conditional sentence of nine to 12 months.
© The Canadian Press 2007
CanadianCRC editor's note: Notice how in cases in which the adult sexual predator is a female, the articles use words such as above "having sex" or below "having an affair" and not sexual assault. If this had been a 31 year old male who sexually assaulted a 13 year old female, the sentence is typically more. In addition, sentencing a male perpetrator to at least 2 years in prison would put the prisoner in federal penitentary.
Convicted female sex offender:
Claire Lyte on her way into court.
Claire Lyte on her way into court.
'How I found my 13-year-old daughter having sex with her lesbian tennis coach'
Daily Mail, Liverpool, UK, By JAMES TOZER - 3rd October 2007The mother of a young tennis star yesterday described the moment she allegedly found the 13-year-old and her female coach naked in bed together.
The woman said she screamed "You are nothing but a paedophile!" at 29-year-old Claire Lyte after stumbling across the pair performing sex acts on each other.
However, she told a court she did not report the incident to police because Lyte's father begged her not to ruin her coaching career and insisted it would not happen again. More..
"Wicked" lesbian tennis coach jailed for nearly three years over affair with 13-year-old pupil
Daily Mail, Liverpool, UK,By LIZ HULL, 2nd November 2007A tennis coach who molested a 13-year-old girl pupil was condemned as "wicked" yesterday as she was jailed for almost three years.
Claire Lyte, 29, was entrusted with helping to develop the next generation of young stars, but instead took advantage of the infatuated teenager.
Her breach of trust was exposed when the girl's mother discovered them naked in bed together, but such was the hold Lyte had on the youngster that the abuse continued for months afterwards.
Yesterday, a judge told the former Wimbledon player that she corrupted and manipulated the youngster for her own "selfish sexual ends". More..
Not Only Men Are Molesters
There is just one female violent sexual predator locked up in the state, but experts say rape and child abuse by women is vastly underreported.The Los Angeles Times, By MAURA DOLAN, Times Staff Writer, August 16, 2002
There are 351 men in California locked up in a state mental hospital as sexually violent predators, prone to attack again and again.
Then there is Charlotte Mae Thrailkill.
The 43-year-old mother of two is California's only female violent sex offender, confined to a maximum-security state mental hospital after experts decided she was too dangerous for release.
Only a handful of women, including Thrailkill, have ever been confined to mental institutions under state laws that allow for civil commitments of sex criminals after they have served their prison terms.
Charlotte Mae Thrailkill (Department of Corrections)
"It happens a lot more than gets reported, and I think part of that is due to our culture," said Steven B. Blum, a consulting psychologist to a sex offender program in Nebraska. "There are a lot of women who have sexual contact with teenage boys, and they don't get reported."
Paul Federoff, a forensic psychiatrist in Ottawa, Canada, said one of the female sex offenders he counsels is an exhibitionist. She opens her living room curtains and strips off her clothes when people pass by.
He told her that unless she stopped this illegal activity, she would be arrested.
" 'Doctor, if someone calls up and says he saw me disrobing in the window, who do you think they are going to arrest? Me or him?' " Federoff said she replied.
"And she is absolutely right." More..
Tracy woman faces charges of kidnapping, raping and killing girl, 8
The Los Angeles Times, By Alexandra Zavis, April 15, 2009
Melissa Huckaby, 28, cries during her arraignment in which she's charged with murder with the special circumstances of kidnapping, rape with a foreign object and lewd or lascivious conduct with a child.
With distraught members of the suspect's and victim's families present, a judge continues Melissa Huckaby's arraignment to April 24. She is being held in the death a neighbor girl, Sandra Cantu. More..
Female Flasher begs to be free
Second time she's been convicted
The Winnipeg Sun, SUN MEDIA, by DEAN PRITCHARD, May 29, 2008A 21-year-old woman convicted for the second time of exposing herself in front of school children begged to be released from jail yesterday, claiming she has learned her lesson.
"I promise I won't do it again, I mean it this time," said the woman...
Police arrested the woman May 12 after she exposed her breasts to a passing truck at the intersection of St. John's Avenue and Charles Street, in plain view of a nine-year-old boy a short distance away.
"I didn't mean to do that in front of the kid, I didn't see him," the woman said.
Court heard the woman "frequently acts impulsively" and lives on her own with the support of around-the-clock social workers.
At the time of her arrest, the woman was bound by a strict probation order in connection with a similar incident two months earlier.
The woman was standing across the street from an elementary school at 8:30 a.m. when she exposed her breasts to three passing school buses and dozens of children walking on the sidewalk, community prosecutor Susan Helenchilde told court. More..
No jail time for Lafave
The former middle school teacher pleaded guilty to the charges in Hillsborough and Marion counties. She will serve three years of community control.Ste. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A., By CANDACE RONDEAUX, November 22, 2005 More..
Female sexual abusers not as rare as widely believed
The Edmonton Journal, By Sarah Sacheli, Canwest News Service, January 29, 2010WINDSOR, Ont. -- She gave him life and was the only parent he ever knew. In the way she snapped photos of him sleeping and playing happily, she was like any other adoring mother. But she also committed unspeakable acts to his little body, turning him into a human sex toy in her pornographic broadcasts.
The set of facts involving the Windsor-area mother who sexually abused her two-year-old son horrified both those involved in the case and those who’d only heard about it.
“Society expects the mother of a toddler would do everything in her power to make sure her child is protected from harm,” said the judge who on Friday handed the 24-year-old woman a 3 1/2-year prison sentence.
He called her crimes “appalling” and “abhorrent.”
While female sexual abusers are rare in the court system, those who deal with child sexual abuse know the woman is not unique. She may be the first Ontario woman to be jailed for making child pornography featuring her own offspring, but she’s not the first mother to sexually abuse a child.
A national study released in 2005 shows that biological mothers were the perpetrators of sexual abuse in 5% of the substantiated cases investigated by child welfare authorities.
The instance is probably higher, since researchers are certain that many cases of child sexual abuse never come to light. “A lot of people have difficulty believing women are capable of sexually abusing children,” said social worker Angela Hovey, whose doctoral thesis deals with a topic related to this theme. More..
Plea Deal in Teacher-Student Sex Case Garnering National Attention
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, January 5, 2007
A Tooele prosecutor is defending his decision to make a plea deal for a substitute teacher accused of having sex with a student. It's an issue that's getting national attention.Sean Hannity: "Another teacher accused of sex with a student."
In September, a judge ordered the substitute teacher, 29-year-old Cameo Patch, to serve three years of probation, pay a two-thousand dollars fine, undergo psychosexual evaluation and take part in treatment. More..
Newspaper claims confirmation of Homolka baby
National Post, Friday, February 09, 2007The Toronto Sun is claiming it has confirmation that released sex killer Karla Homolka has given birth to a baby boy.
Citing an anonymous letter sent to the Journal de Montreal, which Ms. Homolka was first admitted to St. Mary's Hospital with contractions last Tuesday, well before the rumour mill about her possible baby kicked off.
The Sun story claims under the name Leanne Teale, Homolka gave birth to a 7-pound baby boy Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal. More..
Woman who cut off her newborn son's private parts handed 5-year prison term
Mainichi Daily News, Sakai, Osaka, Japan, November 26, 2006SAKAI, Osaka -- A woman accused of cutting off her newborn son's private parts in 2004 was ordered Monday to spend five years behind bars.
The Sakai branch of the Osaka District Court convicted Shizue Tamura, 27, a resident of Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, of inflicting bodily injury.
"The way she committed the crime was unprecedented, inhumane and cruel," Presiding Judge Masahiro Hosoi said as he handed down the ruling. Prosecutors had demanded an eight-year prison term. More ..
Female Sex Offenders: Double Standard?
Many Say They Don't Get Treated As Harshly As MenCBS, HAMMONTON, N.J., USA, June 15, 2006
Are all sex offenders treated the same? Does the public take the cases as seriously when the offender or alleged offender is a woman? Many people are asking those questions after several highly-publicized scandals involving female teachers and male students.
As Susan Koeppen observed on The Early Show Thursday, the majority of sex offenders are men, but it's the women who get a lot of the attention.
When a beautiful teacher seduces a student, some people think, "What's the harm?"
But Koeppen spoke with one student who says his "affair" with a teacher left him devastated.
"I'm still trying to battle back," Jason Eickmeyer told Koeppen. "This happened in 2003, and it's 2006, and I still can't get it out of my mind." More ..
A History of Sex With Students, Unchallenged
New York Times, U.S.A., By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, October 10, 2006BAYONNE, N.J. Many in this gray, insular city are at a loss to explain why Diane Cherchio West was allowed to continue working in the public school system for two decades after she was caught in 1980 kissing and groping a 13-year-old student at an eighth-grade dance.
Why, after her promotion to guidance counselor at Bayonne High School, no one alerted social services, school officials or the police when she became pregnant by an 11th grader she supervised, Steven West, and married him upon his graduation in 1985.
Or why, when that baby, Steven Jr., grew to be a teenager, no one balked as his 15-year-old friend moved in with Ms. West, who then seduced the friend with Scooby-Doo boxer shorts and evening jaunts to sports bars and used her school authority to rearrange his classes around their secret trysts.
It was not until 2001, when relatives of the boy, Christopher Castlegrande, filed a complaint with the police of statutory rape against Ms. West, that she left her $74,000-a-year job and lost her unfettered access to Bayonne High Schools students. More ..
Female Teacher charged with sexual assault
Media Release - Peel Regional Police ServicesMISSISSAUGA, ON, Investigators with the Special Victims Unit have arrested and charged a 36 year-old Mississauga teacher in relation to alleged inappropriate conduct and contact with a student.
It is alleged that the 17 year-old victim, who is a Mississauga resident, was taught by the accused at Streetsville Secondary School. During October of 2006, it was discovered the accused had corresponded on-line with the victim, with e-mails containing sexually explicit content.
It is also alleged that during October 2006, the victim and the accused met in Mississauga, and at that time a sexual assault occurred. More ..
Woman who lied about rape gets prison
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Thursday, October 12, 2006COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A woman who lied about getting pregnant through date rape and abandoned her newborn in a trash bin was sentenced to prison for the statutory rape of the baby's father, her 12-year-old cousin.
Twyana Davis, 30, claimed in 1995 that she had been raped at a party, and told her story in a book and on television.
Davis was sentenced Tuesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to 10 to 25 years in prison. She had confessed to having a sexual relationship with the cousin, leading to her pregnancy.
Judge Michael J. Holbrook labelled her a sexual predator and fined her $10,000. More ..
Female Sex Offenders: Double Standard?
Many Say They Don't Get Treated As Harshly As Men
CBS NEWS USA, The Early Show, HAMMONTON, N.J., June 15, 2006(CBS) Are all sex offenders treated the same? Does the public take the cases as seriously when the offender or alleged offender is a woman? Many people are asking those questions after several highly-publicized scandals involving female teachers and male students.
As Susan Koeppen observed on The Early Show Thursday, the majority of sex offenders are men, but it's the women who get a lot of the attention.
When a beautiful teacher seduces a student , some people think, "What's the harm?"
But Koeppen spoke with one student who says his "affair" with a teacher left him devastated. More..
North Country Gazette
Woman Seeking Child Support Jailed On Rape Charge
North Country Gazette, New York, U.S.A., October 5, 2006WARRENSBURG, NY, U.S.A. --A woman who went to Warren County Family Court in an effort to make the father of her child pay child support is in jail, charged with second degree rape and faces up to seven years in prison.
Kimberly A. Baker, 22, of Evergreen Lane, was criminally charged with statutory rape after it was learned that father of her 2-year-old child was only 13 years old when he had sex with her. The child was born on June 14, 2004. More ..
Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Student
Woman Had Faced 66 Months In PrisonNBC Sandiego, U.S.A., September 26, 2006
Danielle Walls, rapist
On Tuesday, Walls was sentenced to one year in jail and will also be on probation for five years. Walls had faced up to five years and six months in prison. She could have been sentenced to as much as 16 years in prison if she had been convicted of all the original charges. More ..
Husband Cooker Loses Appeal
Karen Knight stabbed her common-law husband, 44-year-old Mr Price, 37 times with a butcher's knife before skinning him and hanging his hide from a meat hook in their lounge room on February 29, 2000.She then decapitated him and put his head in a pot on the stove, baked flesh from his buttocks and cooked vegetables and gravy as side dishes to serve to Mr Price's children. More..
Mother pleads guilty to molesting son for 'master'
Ottawa Sun, By TONY BLAIS, May 2 , 2006EDMONTON -- A 38-year-old Edmonton woman admitted yesterday she sent sexual pictures of herself and her young son to her Ottawa "master" in an online chat room specializing in bondage.
The woman, who has cerebral palsy and uses a motorized wheelchair, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual interference with a person under 14 and one count of transmitting child pornography. More ..
More women charged in sex cases
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, November 30, 2005In courtrooms nationwide this month, at least seven women four of them teachers have been charged or sentenced for having sex with boys, mostly teenagers. One of the women is pregnant.
Tuesday in Georgia, Lisa Lynette Clark, 37, was indicted in the molestation of her son's 15-year-old friend, who she says is the father of the baby she's expecting. She was arrested one day after marrying the boy.
No definitive data exists on whether more females are sexually abusing children. Yet the number arrested for sex crimes has risen in five of the past six years as more people consider molestation of boys as heinous as that of girls.
"There's been a decline in the double standard. That's why you're seeing more of these cases," says David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. As more women enter law enforcement, he says the old attitude that boys are willing, even lucky, participants has changed. More ..
Female Teacher Re-Arrested in Alleged Sex Assault Case
ABC News - KVIA-TV, TX, U.S.A. October 5, 2005EL PASO, TX. [U.S.A.] - An El Paso school teacher faces another criminal complaint in New Mexico, which means she's now been charged six times. ABC-7 has learned that Las Cruces Police have again arrested 52-year-old Donna McKnight for alleged sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old boy.
Ms. McKnight was previously charged with one count of Criminal Sexual Penetration, one count of Criminal Sexual Contact, and two other related charges in Dona Ana County. She was also charged with one count of Indecency with a Child by exposure in El Paso County. More..
EP Teacher/Husband Face More Abuse Accusations
KFOX News, TX, USA, August 29, 2005 -- by: Elizabeth O'HaraAn El Paso teacher and her husband face new allegations of sexual abuse, this time allegedly involving their children
Las Cruces Police arrested 53 year old Donna McKnight and her husband, Ronald, Monday morning at the Century-21 Motel off North Main Street. Police were alerted to the couple by a family member and say the two were not trying to flee but were allegedly going to see an attorney. Both are being held on $50,000 dollar cash bonds. More..
Female Teacher's Sex Trial Begins
NBC5i TV, Dallas-Fortworth, Texas, U.S.A. August 2, 2005FORT WORTH, Texas -- A 13-year-old boy took the witness stand in the Tarrant County Courthouse Tuesday to testify against a teacher at a Catholic school. The boy told jurors that he and the teacher had a sexual relationship , and that she promised the boy she would leave her husband so she and the boy could get married when he turned 18.
The allegations of sexual contact included episodes of bondage, during which 30-year-old Dawn Reiser is accused of tying up the boy to engage in repeated sexual encounters. The prosecution produced scarves allegedly used by Reiser to bind the boy.
The jury also saw love letters allegedly sent by Reiser to the boy. A DNA expert testified about saliva that sealed the envelopes. More ..
Judge Delivers Sentence In Teacher's Sex Trial
Dawn Reiser To Serve 8-Year Prison SentenceNBC5i TV, Dallas-Forthworth, Texas, U.S.A., August 3, 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Fort Worth judge Thursday sentenced a Grapevine teacher for having sex with her 13-year-old student.
Judge Wayne Salvent followed the jury's recommendation and sentenced former seventh-grade teacher Dawn Reiser, 30, to as many as eight years in prison and at least two years of probation.
NBC 5 reported that Reiser was sentenced to 10 years of probation to be served concurrently with her prison term. If she serves the full eight years, she would serve two years of probation. More ..
Is Johnny sleeping with his teacher?
Edmonton Sun, By MINDELLE JACOBS, February 2, 2006Once upon a time, if parents found out their teenage sons were having sex, the most they had to worry about was if the kids were using birth control.
These days, there's another worry: Is little Johnny sleeping with his teacher?
When I was in high school three decades ago, I don't recall reading about a single instance anywhere of a female teacher becoming sexually involved with a male student.
In the past few years, however, the reported incidence of female educators engaging in sexual hijinks with male students has been, if not routine, certainly far from a rarity.
The latest case to hit the press is that of a 40-year-old Ontario teacher charged last week with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old male student. More ..
8-Year-Old Boy Charged For Sexual Conduct With 14-Year-old Female Sitter After She Initiates Sexual Misconduct
KUTV, CBS Broadcasting, Salt Lake City, U.S.A., July 28, 2005(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. - A mother is upset after a 14-year-old babysitter engaged in sexual conduct with her eight-year-old boy, and the eight-year-old was charged with lewd conduct.
Prosecutors have since dropped the charges against the boy, but his mother is still concerned.
The sexual conduct occurred during a game of "truth or dare" while the boy was being watched by the babysitter.
Prosecutors say that, while the babysitter initiated the contact, the young boy was a willing participant. More ..
Abuse cases face double standard
USA TODAY, By Charisse Jones, U.S.A. national newspaper, February 11, 2005When a female teacher in Tennessee was charged this week with having sex with a 13-year-old male student, the case focused attention on a type of sexual abuse that often goes unreported.
While there is a greater awareness of such crimes, the Tennessee prosecutor pursuing the recent case, along with several psychologists, say such incidents are still viewed less seriously than those involving grown men and girls.
"Unfortunately, they look at it as the 'Mrs. Robinson syndrome' and think everything is OK," says Dale Potter, district attorney for Warren and Van Buren counties in Tennessee. He was referring to the woman in the 1967 film The Graduate who seduces a younger man.
"But it's my understanding there are some long-term effects for male victims in this kind of situation," he says. "And from my perspective, a sex-abuse case is a sex-abuse case. We don't look the other way as to who the victim is and who the suspect is."
Pamela Turner, 27, an elementary school teacher in McMinnville, Tenn., was charged Monday with having sex with a student at his home and at school. More ..
Female teacher jailed over affair
Thursday, May 5, 2005SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- An Australian female teacher has been jailed for six months for having sex with a teenage student, with a warning from the judge that future offenders could not expect such "lenient" treatment.
Karen Louise Ellis, a 37-year-old physical education teacher, had earlier received a suspended sentence of 22 months after she pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual penetration with a boy aged under 16.
But the Supreme Court of Victoria's Court of Appeal in Melbourne upheld an appeal by prosecutors against the leniency of that sentence, saying that mother-of-three Ellis should have been sentenced to two years' jail on each of the counts. More ..
CanadianCRC editor: Notice the words "having sex" in the article and in the title "affair". This is gender discrimination. You won't find articles that call it an "affair" when the sexual offender is a 37 year old male teacher and the victim is a teenage girl under 16 years of age. Why did the judge consider giving, in the judge's own words, a "lenient" sentence? A 37 year old man would not have initially received a suspended sentence for 6 counts of sexual penetration of girl under 16 years of age.
Mother faces 22 boy-sex charges
The Age, Australia, By Selma Milovanovic, December 4, 2004A female integration aide at a Victorian school has been charged with sexual offences against a boy in her care aged under 16.
The woman, 36, an integration aide at a government secondary school on the Mornington Peninsula, worked with the boy, who suffers from language difficulties, three days a week.
The student is not intellectually disabled.
Most of the offences are believed to have happened at the boy's home. The woman is believed to have lived with the student and his family for some time this year while going through a traumatic separation. The alleged sexual affair took place over eight months.
The teenager is believed to have recently confessed the details to his parents. More ..
KID-SEX SHOCKER
New York Post, By LEONARD GREENE and DAN MANGAN, November 8, 2004A 29-year-old Connecticut woman accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy for months says she considers the little neighbor her "boyfriend" and hopes to marry him someday, authorities said yesterday.
"I don't want anyone but you!" Tammy Imre allegedly wrote in a letter to the boy, who was a playmate of Imre's 7-year-old daughter. More ..
Media / Media Bias
Media makes light of sexual assault on 8-year-old boy
Canada Free Press, by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, November 12, 2004Earlier this week, a 29-year-old Connecticut woman, Tammy Imre was charged with one count each of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. The charges stem from sexual assaults committed on an 8-year-old boy, who was a playmate of her 7-year-old daughter. Imre claimed that the little boy was her "boyfriend" whom she planned to marry some day and did not know how many times she had sexually assaulted him. On some occasions these assaults took place in front of the single mothers little girl. More ..
29 Year old female perpetrator of sexual assault on 8 year old boy claims she's the "victim"
Tammy Imre, 29, a receptionist in Stratford, Conn., was charged with repeatedly having sex with an 8-year-old boy. Imre's mother blamed the boy. Its not her . . . she was just too friendly; that's all, said the mother. He's the one who needs to be looked at.Picking Up the Pieces
Husband of Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student Stunned, ConfusedOwen Lafave (left) says he still loves his wife, Debra, a teacher, even though she allegedly had sex with one of her students.
ABC NEWS Sept. 16, 2004 The estranged husband of a 23-year-old Tampa teacher accused of having sex with her 14-year-old student says he still loves his wife even after filing for divorce last week. More ..
Acceptable Suspects? Why Female Sex Offenders Generate So Much Less Outrage Than Males
Mary Kay Letourneau with Barbara Walters during her exclusive interview with 20/20. (Virginia Sherwood/ABC Photo) By Bryan RobinsonSept. 30, 2004 Mary Kay Letourneau's plans to marry the former student she was convicted of sexually assaulting when he was just 12 years old are shocking, but have generated relatively little public outrage. More..
Mistake for Love - Former High School Teacher Regrets Affair With Her One-Time Student
Heather Ingram says she now regrets having an affair with her former student.VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 30 /04 Until Heather Ingram met Dusty Dickeson, she never considered risking her successful teaching career for the attention of a boy, even if he embodied everything she desired during her own high school days. More..
Rapist of 12 year old gets out of jail today
Notorious teacher seduced preteen studentAssociated Press, CNN, various newspapers, U.S.A., Wednesday, August 4, 2004 More..
Study finds girls molest young boys
THE PRESS, NZ, By TIM HUME, July 1, 2004 More..Focus of Catholic sexual abuse suits now includes nuns
Associated Press, various newspapers U.S.A. and some Canadian newspapers, ELLEN R. STAPLETON, Aug. 2, 2004 More..
Hurting the cradle: women seducing boys
Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, by Avia Collinder, Sunday Gleaner Writer, March 4, 2007Health professionals worry that the reported incidents of women raping young boys are few, the actual occurrence is believed to be higher and is causing long-term psychological damage to victims.
"In terms of the most current statistics on child abuse, this is not reflected as a large problem. But it is my sense that it is even more grossly under-reported and under-recognised than the typical child abuse scenario involving an older male perpetrator and younger female victim," says Dr. Judith Leiba, head of the Child Guidance Clinic at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston. "We have seen a few examples where the helper was involved, and in another situation, it was an older female cousin. Usually these boys were in the age group of five to eight years old," Dr. Leiba reports. More..
Female Teacher Charged With Sex Assault on Seventh-Grade Boy
Associated Press, Fox News, various newspapers in U.S.A. and Canada, Tuesday, February 25, 2003MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A 35-year-old seventh-grade teacher was charged with having sex with one of her students at least 20 times at the teacher's home.
Jodi Thorp, 35, surrendered to authorities Monday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors claim she had sex with the boy at her Mendham home between June 2001 and September 2002. The boy is now 15.
The boy, whose name was withheld, had been in Thorp's seventh-grade social studies class and was one of the first participants in a nonprofit business Thorp ran called HUGS, Helping Underprivileged and Gifted Students, prosecutors said. More..
Judge upholds teacher's sex indictment
Details of Mendham Township woman's behavior toward boy, 14, called relevantBy Peggy Wright, The Daily Record, Morristown NJ, U.S.A. June 25, 2004 More..
Teen killer and sexual mutilator, Karla Homolka, gets out of jail July 5th, 2005, 1 year from today
The Globe and Mail.. she badly, badly wants to be a mother. More ..
PORN VICTIM
Kids of abusive 'monster' got life sentence
Toronto Sun, By HIMANI EDIRIWEERA, March 9, 2003He's a man in pain, chased by the ghosts of his past. His greatest fear as a child wasn't the monsters in his closet; his greatest fear was the monster he called "mom." More..
ABUSING THEIR TRUST.
What Drives Women Like Convicted Paedophile Carolyn Bromily to Hurt the Children They are Supposed to be Caring For?
The Manchester Evening News ( UK ) Page 10. Friday, January 28, 2000The discovery over the last decade that child abuse was endemic in care homes across England and Wales was a body blow to society. The idea that vulnerable youngsters were taken from perceived danger only to be placed in the hands of evil paedophiles was deeply shocking.
Several men are currently serving significant jail sentences and long- term police inquiries are continuing in Greater Manchester and across the country
The latest appalling case to come to light was that of a care worker who abused boys as young as 12 for 15 sordid years at a residential school in Cheshire. But this was more startling than any of its predecessors, for in this case the predatory paedophiles was a woman.
Carolyn Bromiley, 36, from Warrington, had sexual intercourse with boys from 1984 until her arrest last year. More ..
The Manchester Evening News
Pervert Woman Carer who Preyed on Boys is Jailed
The Manchester Evening News ( UK ) Page 4, Friday January 28th. 2000, BY ANDREW NOTTA WOMAN preyed on little boys for sex for 15 years while working as a house mother in a care home for troubled youngsters.
Today Carolyn Bromiley was starting a five-year jail term for what the judge said was "the worst case of a woman abusing children in her care any court in the land has had to face."
The serial paedophiles groomed boys between the ages of 12 and 14 before involving them in intercourse and other sexual activity.
Warrington Crown Court heard she had a warped perception of the boys and referred to her abuse as "relationships." The 37-year-old mother-of-one believed her virgin victims desired her sexually and after sex she would tell some of them that she loved them. More ..
When Ms. Teacher Goes After Male Pupil
FOX News, U.S.A., By Catherine Donaldson-Evans, February 12, 2005Female teachers accused of sex crimes against underage male students have been grabbing headlines lately. Many of them are young and beautiful, their stories sordid and intriguing.
But to law enforcement, they're something else criminals who have committed statutory rape against a minor.
This week alone, two cases have hit the news: Cops say one Texas teacher, Kathy Denise White had sex with a 17-year-old, and Tennessee teacher Pamela Rogers Turner had sex with a 13-year-old boy.
They join at least three other recent cases: Florida teacher Debra LaFave (search), 24, is expected to plead insanity to charges she had sex with a 14-year-old student , according to her lawyer; California teacher Sarah Bench-Salorio, 28, allegedly molested two boys when they were 12 and 14; and 33-year-old California teacher Rebecca Boicelli was arrested last month on statutory rape and related charges after DNA tests confirmed that a former student fathered her 2-year-old baby when he was 16. More ..
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THE SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRY AND YOUR PROVINCE...
Each province and
territory is struggling to maintain Canada’s dysfunctional sex offender
registry
January 14, 2008
A recent Maclean’s investigation uncovered a long list of
serious flaws in Canada’s three-year-old sex offender registry. Hundreds of
rapists and pedophiles are missing. Hundreds more were never added to the
system in the first place. In this web exclusive, macleans.ca provides a
region-by-region breakdown of all the shocking problems—and all the warnings
that the federal government continues to ignore. (Click here for a timeline of
the registry and its embarrassing state.)
Canada’s national sex offender
registry was created for one reason: to help police locate potential suspects.
If a child goes missing, investigators can search the database for known
pedophiles who live in the surrounding postal codes. If a stranger rapes a
woman, police can input her attacker’s description and scan for matches. “What
the registry does is eliminate the three months it used to take to find out
what offenders live in the neighbourhood,” says Glenn Woods, a retired RCMP
officer who helped build the system.
That’s true. The database has
been searched hundreds of times, and although the registry has yet to solve a
single crime, the Mounties believe it’s only a matter of time. At the very
least, the registry is a starting point for detectives with no other leads.
Of course, a sex offender
registry is only as effective as it is accurate—and Canada’s system is
certainly not complete. For one thing, it was not designed to be retroactive.
Thousands of known molesters and other loathsome criminals were never added to
the system in the first place, and even today, barely half of all convicted
offenders end up on the registry. Amazingly, inclusion isn’t mandatory. In
fact, the RCMP can barely keep track of those offenders who are ordered to
comply. According to the latest statistics, 16,295 names appear on the system.
Of those, 1,270 (eight per cent) are considered non-compliant in some way. Some
haven’t checked in every year, as required. Others have been missing for
months. Compliance rates vary from coast to coast. Simply put, some provinces
and territories are better than others when it comes to keeping tabs on
registered sex offenders. But no jurisdiction is perfect. According to hundreds
of pages of internal government documents, obtained by Maclean’s under the
Access to Information Act, each region is struggling to make the system work.
ONTARIO
Registered sex offenders: 8,229
Non-compliant offenders: 317 (4%)
Registered sex offenders: 8,229
Non-compliant offenders: 317 (4%)
Any discussion about the
national sex offender registry must begin in Ontario, the home of Canada’s
first-ever registry. Launched in 2001, the provincial database is an impressive
piece of technology. Every convicted sex offender in Ontario is automatically
added to the system, and investigators across the province can log on and see
exactly how many people in their region are following the rules. Unlike the
national version, which can’t track compliance, if an Ontario offender fails to
check in on time, the system will issue an automatic red flag. In Toronto, for
example, the city’s sex crimes unit includes a group of officers who do nothing
else but monitor the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. “Because I’m
obsessed with the number, the first thing I do every day is log onto the system
and see where our number is at,” says Det.-Const. Brian James, a member of that
unit (James has since transferred to another division).
When the Ontario system was
unveiled, Premier Mike Harris was so impressed that he offered the software to
the feds, free of charge. Jean Chrétien was prime minister at the time, but his
Liberals weren’t interested. First they insisted that Canada doesn’t need a
national sex offender registry. Then, under pressure in the House of Commons,
they promised to upgrade CPIC, the central police computer that contains
everyone’s criminal record. And then—when other provinces stepped in to accept
Harris’s offer—Lawrence MacAulay, the federal Solicitor-General at the time,
announced a complete reversal in policy. Ottawa, he said, is going to build its
own registry. “Ontario pushed them into it,” says Terry Nicholls, a retired OPP
staff sergeant who ran the provincial registry. “It was very clearly a
knee-jerk reaction. So out of the blue, the feds announced they would build
their own. There was no foresight. There was no database on the drawing board.
Nothing.”
Instead of borrowing Ontario’s
software. Ottawa designed its own distinct database—a trickle-down operation in
which the bulk of the costs, and the work, actually falls on the provinces and
territories. Each of the 13 regions houses a central registry office run by the
RCMP, except in Ontario (the OPP is in charge) and Quebec (Sûreté du Québec).
It is up to those offices to ensure the compliance of local sex offenders. In
Ontario, however, taxpayers are now on the hook for two separate registries—all
because the federal Liberals would not admit that a province, especially one
run by a Conservative, had developed a superior system. Three years later, the
result has been a long list of technical glitches and bad feelings. In October,
when registry officials from every province and territory met for an annual
meeting, nobody from Ontario showed up.
Of all the problems with the
national registry, nothing bothers Ontario more than the discretionary
inclusion rule. Consider this fact: since the day the national system was
unveiled, 3,331 people have been automatically added to the Ontario registry
(remember, inclusion is mandatory on the provinicial). During that same span,
only 1,635—fewer than half—were ordered onto the national registry. The rest
fell through the cracks, either because the Crown didn’t ask, or the judge
refused. “If those people left Ontario, they wouldn’t have to report to
anyone,” says Det.-Sgt. Rick Harrington, an OPP officer who works with both
registries. “I’m not against the national registry. It’s just unfortunate that
the discrepancy in how we operate leaves some aside.”
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Registered sex offenders: 1,469
Non-compliant offenders: 134 (9%)
Registered sex offenders: 1,469
Non-compliant offenders: 134 (9%)
The national registry was not
designed to be completely retroactive. As of Dec. 15, 2004 (when the system
went live) anyone listed on the Ontario version, and anyone else currently
serving a sentence for a sex crime, was ordered to comply. The decision meant
that thousands of known pedophiles and rapists were not included because they
had finished serving their sentences by December 2004. Rational or not, the
decision still left police with a monumental task. They had to serve each and
every qualified offender—more than 10,500 people—with a written notice to
comply (known as a Form 53). In B.C., the Form 53 process proved to a massive
undertaking. Many offenders couldn’t be located, and many others couldn’t be
bothered to check in. “Letters of Reminder to register were sent to
approximately 250 retrospective offenders who were approaching their reporting
deadline,” reads one internal report, written in 2006. “Many were returned
unopened/non-deliverable.”
That was not the only frustration. In Prince George, local prosecutors refused to charge three retrospective sex offenders with non-compliance because the written notice to comply didn’t specify the exact location of the registry centre. Police were stunned. According to the latest provincial update, written three months ago, the registry centre in B.C. is also still struggling to convince frontline officers to use the database for investigations. The system is off-limits to most police officers, so all queries must be forwarded to the provincial registry centre. However, most detectives feel the same way: If I can’t access the system myself, what good is it? According to that 2006 internal report: “So far this year, 24 requests for NSOR queries have been done. In general, requests for queries are at a minimum as most detachments/agencies are, as yet, unaware of what we can offer.”
That was not the only frustration. In Prince George, local prosecutors refused to charge three retrospective sex offenders with non-compliance because the written notice to comply didn’t specify the exact location of the registry centre. Police were stunned. According to the latest provincial update, written three months ago, the registry centre in B.C. is also still struggling to convince frontline officers to use the database for investigations. The system is off-limits to most police officers, so all queries must be forwarded to the provincial registry centre. However, most detectives feel the same way: If I can’t access the system myself, what good is it? According to that 2006 internal report: “So far this year, 24 requests for NSOR queries have been done. In general, requests for queries are at a minimum as most detachments/agencies are, as yet, unaware of what we can offer.”
ALBERTA
Registered sex offenders: 1,251
Non-compliant offenders: 201 (16%)
Registered sex offenders: 1,251
Non-compliant offenders: 201 (16%)
Behind closed doors, Alberta
has been more than vocal about the many problems plaguing the national sex
offender registry. The biggest problem, officials say, is that the database
cannot record an offender’s next expected reporting date. That must be done separately—on
a Rolodex, for example, or on a wall calendar. In other words, the system
cannot tell the RCMP when people are scheduled to register, and when they’ve
failed to show up. “No automation leaves a huge margin for error,” says Paige
Eisworth, the former acting coordinator of the Alberta registry centre.
Like many jurisdictions,
Alberta also has a hard time conducting compliance checks. Not only do
frontline officers not have access to the system, police throughout the
province don’t always have the time see if sex offenders are living where they
say they are. “We have a sex offender population that requires management,”
Eisworth says. “And that requires police officers in the communities to go out
and investigate and knock on doors. But there has been no allowance or no
increase in resources.”
SASKATCHEWAN
Registered sex offenders: 571
Non-compliant offenders: 26 (5%)
Registered sex offenders: 571
Non-compliant offenders: 26 (5%)
Since day one, RCMP officers in
Saskatchewan have made it a top priority to monitor compliance—and charge those
offenders who aren’t following the rules. Gary McLennan, the Mountie who
launched the registry in Saskatchewan, puts it this way: “There are certain
provinces that have to do a lot more with regards to it, but that’s up to them
to say that.” In 2006, the Saskatchewan registry centre wrote an update to
headquarters: “The vast majority of Form 53s are not complying and it is very
difficult to give a number of non-compliance investigations conducted in 2006
as we are doing some form of investigation on basically every SO [sex offender].
We have some SOs that have been non-compliant for 3-5 months and we were going
to lay a charge and they showed up and registered…Under the present
interpretation of compliance we would have to say we are 93% compliant, but
that statistic is very skewed and definitely does not speak to the work that is
required to get SOs to be compliant.”
The report also expresses
“serious concerns” about the fact that many judges aren’t ordering convicted
sex offenders onto the registry (Form 52s). “We have had only 90 Form 52s
issued thus far in 2006 and our reviews indicate that we should be receiving in
excess of 200 Form 52s per year.” At last count, 74 offenders in Saskatchewan
have been charged with non-compliance—the highest of any province, by far.
MANITOBA
Registered sex offenders: 696
Non-compliant offenders: 83 (12%)
Registered sex offenders: 696
Non-compliant offenders: 83 (12%)
In Manitoba, the registry is
maintained by the province’s Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, a joint
task force comprised of RCMP and Winnipeg Police. Although each offender is
required to register every year and every time they move, the task force tries
to conduct random door knocks at least once a year, ensuring that offenders are
actually living where they say they are. “The onus is on the accused to
report,” says Dave McInnis, the RCMP sergeant in charge of the unit. “It’s not
our job to track these guys down, but we do that in the interest of
facilitation. The compliance part of the mandate is extremely important.
Without it, there is no sense having a database.”
But resources are stretched
thin, and as the list of registered sex offenders continues to grow, it will
become increasingly difficult to check on every single person. “Coupled with
the demands of the sex offender database, validation and compliance checks, we
do find that we likely do not have enough resources to do the job and we are in
year two only of the Act with our file numbers increasing,” reads one internal
report.
Like all provinces and
territories, Manitoba is also handcuffed by the fact that the computer itself
cannot track compliance. The legislation that created the registry does not
allow the Mounties to record an offender’s next expected registration date, so
staff is forced to use a cue card system to keep track of compliance. For the
most part, the system is working in Winnipeg, where the task force is able keep
tabs on offenders living in the city. But in the rural regions of the province,
compliance is much harder to maintain. Because frontline officers are not
allowed to access the system, the task force must send out requests to rural
detachments, asking local officers to check on certain offenders. “For the most
part the detachments have been very good,” reads another internal report, “but
some follow up has been needed.”
At last count, there are
approximately 20 active arrest warrants for Manitoba residents wanted for
breaching the sex offender registry. Some have been missing for months. But the
RCMP refuses to release their names to the public—for privacy reasons.
QUEBEC
Registered sex offenders: 2,554
Non-compliant offenders: 480 (19%)
Registered sex offenders: 2,554
Non-compliant offenders: 480 (19%)
In Quebec, the national sex
offender registry is run by the provincial police force, the Sûreté du Québec.
The latest statistics reveal that of anywhere in Canada, Quebec has the highest
rate of non-compliance. Almost one in five registered sex offenders is
non-compliant in some way.
NEW BRUNSWICK
Registered sex offenders: 424
Non-compliant offenders: 5 (1%)
Registered sex offenders: 424
Non-compliant offenders: 5 (1%)
When the registry launched,
officers in New Brunswick filled out 230 Form 53s, ordering retrospective
offenders to comply. About a dozen (five per cent) couldn’t be located. “That
could mean anything,” says Cpl. Dave Ward, the director of the provincial
centre. “They could have been in another province. They could have died. I know
there was one instance where the fellow was in his 90s and permanently in a
seniors’ home, so the decision was made not to proceed with him.”
Overall, compliance rates in
New Brunswick are relatively high. Last year, Ward and his staff implemented a
system of random checks that will ensure each offender is visited by police six
months after he registers. Every month, Ward contacts local police
jurisdictions and forwards a list of offenders whose addresses need to be
verified. Unfortunately, not every police force can spare the officers. Between
May and September 2007, Ward sent 156 compliance check requests to various
detachments across the province. Only 59 (38 per cent) were actually completed.
In a recent update to
headquarters, Ward summed up the problem this way: “The District Commander of
the district with the greatest percentage of clients living in their area does
not support them being done at this time, due to lack of resources
(personnel).” District commanders, he continued, “will have to receive the
message from Ottawa on the importance of conducting [compliance checks and
address verifications] if we expect to receive support.”
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Registered sex offenders: 53
Non-compliant offenders: 0 (0%)
Registered sex offenders: 53
Non-compliant offenders: 0 (0%)
PEI is the only province to
boast a perfect compliance rate. A single RCMP officer, Cpl. June Ramsay, is in
charge of keeping an eye on the province’s registered sex offenders. “To date
all subjects are in compliance and no problems have surfaced in this area,” she
wrote in a recent update. The only problem, she said, relates to Form 52s. When
a judge orders an offender to comply, the Crown attorney doesn’t always forward
the approved Form 52 to the registry centre. “There have been times when the
documents sit at the court and copies are not forwarded to this office,
subsequently I don’t even know they were ordered,” Ramsay wrote.
NOVA SCOTIA
Registered sex offenders: 407
Non-compliant offenders: 4 (1%)
Registered sex offenders: 407
Non-compliant offenders: 4 (1%)
Like many regions, Nova Scotia
is just now beginning to conduct random compliance checks. If the early results
are any indication, not everyone is living where they say they are. Of the 27
address verifications conducted in Halifax in September, six were incorrect.
Two of those offenders are now under criminal investigation for non-compliance.
“Through the address verification process, it has been noted that many persons
have not fully understood their legal obligations, although it had been
previously explained to them upon registration,” according to Nova Scotia’s
latest update submitted to headquarters. “Literacy and comprehension levels
varied considerably and many registrants appreciated the time spent
re-explaining the process.”
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Registered sex offenders: 299
Non-compliant offenders: 3 (1%)
Registered sex offenders: 299
Non-compliant offenders: 3 (1%)
One of the reasons why the
province’s compliance rate is so high is that police in the region conduct
random compliance checks “on a very limited basis.” Because the registry is
essentially an honour system, dependent on the goodwill of convicted criminals,
there is nothing stopping a person from telling police he lives at one address,
then living somewhere else until the law comes knocking. As in Halifax, more
compliance checks will almost certainly reveal a higher non-compliance rate.
YUKON TERRITORIES
Registered sex offenders: 32
Non-compliant offenders: 7 (22%)
Registered sex offenders: 32
Non-compliant offenders: 7 (22%)
RCMP officers in Yukon are
facing the same problem as Mounties across the country: the Correctional
Service of Canada (CSC) refuses to tell registry officials when federal inmates
are released. That means the registry centres have no idea when hundreds of
dangerous criminals are supposed to show up and register. Despite repeated
requests, CSC insists it does not have the legal authority to share that
information. “Communication with our Territorial Corrections has declined,”
reads the latest update from the region. “We are not able to obtain
‘notification of release’ of an offender.”
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Registered sex offenders: 89
Non-compliant offenders: 6 (7%)
Registered sex offenders: 89
Non-compliant offenders: 6 (7%)
Tracking compliance in such a
remote area is not an easy task. As Cpl. Laurie Smith wrote in her latest
update to headquarters: “It is sometimes difficult to do compliance checks in
the settlements of the NWT when they are not policed on a regular basis, or the
offender lives on the land.” Currently, police are looking for one missing sex
offender wanted for non-compliance; three others are under investigation, and
charges are pending. Not surprisingly, the Correctional Service of Canada is
also hesitant to share information. “The members I have dealt with are really
good but sometimes the sharing of information is seen as one-way,” Smith wrote.
NUNAVUT
Registered sex offenders: 221
Non-compliant offenders: 4 (2%)
Registered sex offenders: 221
Non-compliant offenders: 4 (2%)
Nunavut does not conduct
regular compliance checks. In fact, officers there prefer to issue reminder
notices to overdue offenders rather than charge them with non-compliance. Form
52s are also a problem. Prosecutors either forget to ask for them, or ask for
them in cases when a repeat offender is already ordered to comply. “As Nunavut
is a limited duration post for most RCMP members and other government
officials, we have a high turnover in DOJ [Department of Justice] and RCMP
personnel,” reads the latest update, written in November 2007. “This fact,
compiled with an extensive case load that our DOJ is facing, leads to missed
orders and 2nd orders being issued
GLOBAL HEROES- ANONYMOUS
ANONYMOUS: Message to
pedophiles
Greetings citizens of the world.
We are anonymous. We are defenders of the internet. We are yet again on the heels of pedofiles around the world.
There are many websites with children being exposed and it is not right morally, legally or in respect to human rights.
Pedofiles of the internet this is a warning to you. This is a warning to your supporters and anyone that takes part in your sick world. We will come for you.
We will find you. We will shut down your websites and kick you out.
You are not welcome here and we have had enough of you.
Leave our children alone and while you are at it leave the rest of the planet alone.
This is not a threat, this is a promise. We will hunt you down and exterminate you like cockroaches.
You are the lowest form of life on this planet and it is time for you to be extinguished.
We are the ones that will do this task. We are Anonymous. We are the great Legion. Everyone, from all walks of life have joined in this fight.
People in every country, in every race and every religion all have the same belief. The belief that our children deserve to be safe.
The pedophiles have not gone away and we must join forces to make it happen. We need to put all of our resources together to get these evil people away from our children.
There are many of you that are concerned about the same issue. Now is your time to act. Get involved.
We do not forgive we do not forget expect us we are legion, and we are coming for you pedophiles.
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ABUSED CHILDREN'S HEALING MONUMENT-
TORONTO- CANADA
Martin Kruze commited suicide like millions of children and youth who have had their souls stolen by PAEDOPHILES- over 200 charges against so many kids- and the monster soul stealers got less than 2 years..... (at least 3 have been charged again on another 40 charges all these years later)- Martin Kruze could not live with the fact that the law and the Judges let him down so horrific- and it broke our hearts...
I was abused as a child- and I served in Vietnam- the child abuse was harder
Canada Child Abuse Healing Monument- the quilts- Martin Kruze - We
Remember - 2 honour those who survived horrific child abuse and paedophiles-
and those who did not.... Martin Kruze ("Iwas a Paedophiles dream")
little boy who loved playing hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens- commited suicide 3
days after horrid 2 year sentence of paedophiles who abused 80 little boys who
just loved hockey..... We remember Martin... here's to the One Billion Rising-
around the world- breaking the chains- no more abuses and - no more damm
excuses.... Canada's stepping on up hard...
Martin Harold Kruze who told the story of his horrendous abuse at Maple
Leaf Gardens- COMMITED SUICIDE- at tender 23 yrs of age- AT THE LITTLE BIT OF JAIL TIME THE PAEDOPHILE
MONSTERS GOT.... Dr. Michael Irving built the ONLY.....Children's Abused
Surviivors Healing Monument- which is in Toronto, Ontario- Canada- Martin Kruze PAEDOPHILE ABUSED – COMMITED SUICIDE
AT 23 YRS OF AGE... I WAS A PAEDOPHILES
DREAM’.....
Martin Kruze- I was a Paedophile's Dream- young hockey player- 3 days after
PAEDOPHILE'S 2 YEAR VERDICT- young
hockey play Martin Kruze was so distraught = he commited suicide
Martin Kruze on Reaching Out Child Abuse Monument- TORONTO, CANADA
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Anonymous : Pédophilie d'état, nous savons.
Appel à la reconnaissance de la Pédophilie d'État
Il y a à peine vingt ans, il était difficile de concevoir l'existence de la pédophilie. L'association Le Bouclier dirigé par Bernard Valadon, aujourd'hui disparu, avait alors réalisé un formidable travail d'information. Il était impensable, à l'époque, d'imaginer qu'il puisse y avoir pire ! Aujourd'hui, les affaires se multiplient montrant l'existence de ce qu'il serait judicieux d'appeler une Pédophilie d'État, à savoir qu' « un certain nombre de "notables", politiques, magistrats et hauts fonctionnaires, disposant de pouvoirs institutionnels conséquents, sont "tenus" par des systèmes mafieux aux travers de "loges sataniques" criminelles qui utilisent le sexe et ses dérives les plus perverses, la torture et les meurtres collectifs, tout scandale étant écarté par un système judiciaire aux ordres où les accointances "maçonniques" jouent un rôle majeur. » (Voir Les dessous de l'affaire Allègre)
Ainsi, et pour prendre quelques exemples, Le Canard Enchaîné du 23 juillet 1997 avait dénoncé : « Lors de l'opération lancée par la gendarmerie contre les acheteurs de cassettes pédophiles, on avait aussi remarqué l'absence de certaines catégories professionnelles, dont celle des magistrats. Soixante et onze d'entre eux figurent pourtant sur la liste de ces clients ! » Il a donc suffit d'une seule opération de gendarmerie dans les milieux pédophiles pour y trouver impliqués pas moins de 71 magistrats français (soit 1 % de notre magistrature) ! Dans ces conditions, comment s'étonner que tant d'affaires de pédophilies soient étouffées...
On se rappelle tous de « la petite » affaire Dutroux, pédophile notoire et criminel. Mais où est passé « la grande » affaire Dutroux ? Cette intrigue apportait les preuves que Dutroux était membre d'un important réseau impliquant de nombreux notables belges jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de l'État. Les témoignages de Mademoiselle Régina Louf sont, sur ce sujet, plus qu'accablants !
Monsieur Stan Maillaud, après avoir diffusé le témoignage d'un enfant victime (voir sur internet « l'affaire Vincent ») se voit menacé de mort et obligé de fuir les instances politico-judiciaires de notre pays. Son site internet lepeededamocles.info et les informations qu'il contenait ont été purement et simplement supprimés.
Monsieur Marcel Vervloesem a frolé plusieur fois la mort en prison et a été détenu dans des condition abject. Son crime ? Avoir donné à la justice un CD Rom regroupant 8500 documents de 472 enfants violés. Les autorités belges pourraient ainsi détruire les pièces à conviction concernant les auteurs de crimes sur 90.081 enfants victimes (en vertu de la loi limitant la conservation des données à caractères personnels à la durée d'une enquête).
Il est évident, au vu des nombreux témoignages, que ces groupes rassemblent ce que le domaine psychiatrique nomme des pervers narcissiques. À savoir : « Des individus présentant une personnalité marquée à la fois par un narcissisme exacerbé et des traits de perversion morale. Ils ont un total mépris pour toutes lois ou contraintes. Leur éthique est, le plus souvent, celle de la loi du plus fort et/ou du plus rusé. Il y a, dans leur comportement, la banalisation du mal et une « relativisation » de la morale, dans le cadre d'un nihilisme opérationnel, qui peut même être militant. » Merci de faire preuve d'un civisme actif en diffusant cet appel
Il y a à peine vingt ans, il était difficile de concevoir l'existence de la pédophilie. L'association Le Bouclier dirigé par Bernard Valadon, aujourd'hui disparu, avait alors réalisé un formidable travail d'information. Il était impensable, à l'époque, d'imaginer qu'il puisse y avoir pire ! Aujourd'hui, les affaires se multiplient montrant l'existence de ce qu'il serait judicieux d'appeler une Pédophilie d'État, à savoir qu' « un certain nombre de "notables", politiques, magistrats et hauts fonctionnaires, disposant de pouvoirs institutionnels conséquents, sont "tenus" par des systèmes mafieux aux travers de "loges sataniques" criminelles qui utilisent le sexe et ses dérives les plus perverses, la torture et les meurtres collectifs, tout scandale étant écarté par un système judiciaire aux ordres où les accointances "maçonniques" jouent un rôle majeur. » (Voir Les dessous de l'affaire Allègre)
Ainsi, et pour prendre quelques exemples, Le Canard Enchaîné du 23 juillet 1997 avait dénoncé : « Lors de l'opération lancée par la gendarmerie contre les acheteurs de cassettes pédophiles, on avait aussi remarqué l'absence de certaines catégories professionnelles, dont celle des magistrats. Soixante et onze d'entre eux figurent pourtant sur la liste de ces clients ! » Il a donc suffit d'une seule opération de gendarmerie dans les milieux pédophiles pour y trouver impliqués pas moins de 71 magistrats français (soit 1 % de notre magistrature) ! Dans ces conditions, comment s'étonner que tant d'affaires de pédophilies soient étouffées...
On se rappelle tous de « la petite » affaire Dutroux, pédophile notoire et criminel. Mais où est passé « la grande » affaire Dutroux ? Cette intrigue apportait les preuves que Dutroux était membre d'un important réseau impliquant de nombreux notables belges jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de l'État. Les témoignages de Mademoiselle Régina Louf sont, sur ce sujet, plus qu'accablants !
Monsieur Stan Maillaud, après avoir diffusé le témoignage d'un enfant victime (voir sur internet « l'affaire Vincent ») se voit menacé de mort et obligé de fuir les instances politico-judiciaires de notre pays. Son site internet lepeededamocles.info et les informations qu'il contenait ont été purement et simplement supprimés.
Monsieur Marcel Vervloesem a frolé plusieur fois la mort en prison et a été détenu dans des condition abject. Son crime ? Avoir donné à la justice un CD Rom regroupant 8500 documents de 472 enfants violés. Les autorités belges pourraient ainsi détruire les pièces à conviction concernant les auteurs de crimes sur 90.081 enfants victimes (en vertu de la loi limitant la conservation des données à caractères personnels à la durée d'une enquête).
Il est évident, au vu des nombreux témoignages, que ces groupes rassemblent ce que le domaine psychiatrique nomme des pervers narcissiques. À savoir : « Des individus présentant une personnalité marquée à la fois par un narcissisme exacerbé et des traits de perversion morale. Ils ont un total mépris pour toutes lois ou contraintes. Leur éthique est, le plus souvent, celle de la loi du plus fort et/ou du plus rusé. Il y a, dans leur comportement, la banalisation du mal et une « relativisation » de la morale, dans le cadre d'un nihilisme opérationnel, qui peut même être militant. » Merci de faire preuve d'un civisme actif en diffusant cet appel
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WELL, WELL,
WELL- PAEDOPHILES- BANDING 2GETHER ON THE NET GLOBALLY-
“The Troll Patrol:”
Protecting yourself against vigilantism
Derek W. Logue
January 19, 2008, Last Update Oct. 2, 2013
Vigilantism is one of the most prevalent concerns among sex offenders, as stories abound regarding the harassment, vigilantism, and
even murders of Registered Citizens or those merely accused of sex crimes. Registered Citizens are so reviled in the community,
even the accusation that a person is a pedophile, untrue it may be, has led to “vigilantism” or “organized stalking” against the
accused. “Vicious lies are circulated throughout the community, and these lies don’t stop. Such lies as the target is a prostitute, a
drug user, a drug dealer, has a long criminal record, or the highly destructive favourite (applied to men and women,) the target is a
pedophile… ‘vigilante stalking’ is sometimes used because of the false allegations that targets are active criminals.” (Eleanor White,
“Organized Stalking- A Taboo Subject.” www.opednews.com, July 4, 2007). Vigilantism is a real threat; however, there are things
you can do to protect yourself from being targeted by vigilantes.
Vigilantism at its worst: Murders and Assaults
The most extreme form of vigilante violence is murder. A number of stories have appeared over the years, which solidifies the fear
many registrants have about becoming a target by random vigilante thugs:
Derek W. Logue
January 19, 2008, Last Update Oct. 2, 2013
Vigilantism is one of the most prevalent concerns among sex offenders, as stories abound regarding the harassment, vigilantism, and
even murders of Registered Citizens or those merely accused of sex crimes. Registered Citizens are so reviled in the community,
even the accusation that a person is a pedophile, untrue it may be, has led to “vigilantism” or “organized stalking” against the
accused. “Vicious lies are circulated throughout the community, and these lies don’t stop. Such lies as the target is a prostitute, a
drug user, a drug dealer, has a long criminal record, or the highly destructive favourite (applied to men and women,) the target is a
pedophile… ‘vigilante stalking’ is sometimes used because of the false allegations that targets are active criminals.” (Eleanor White,
“Organized Stalking- A Taboo Subject.” www.opednews.com, July 4, 2007). Vigilantism is a real threat; however, there are things
you can do to protect yourself from being targeted by vigilantes.
Vigilantism at its worst: Murders and Assaults
The most extreme form of vigilante violence is murder. A number of stories have appeared over the years, which solidifies the fear
many registrants have about becoming a target by random vigilante thugs:
1. SC- July 2013: A
husband and wife duo and members of a Skinhead gang, Jeremy and
Christine Moody, killed a registrant
and his wife after looking them up on the public registry
and his wife after looking them up on the public registry
2. WA- June 2012: Patrick
Drum killed two registrants and planned to kill two others in Port
Angeles WA, using information
obtained from the sex offender registry.
obtained from the sex offender registry.
3. CA- February 2009: Ivan Garcia Oliver
murders a neighbor after finding him on the Megan's Law website.
4. ME- April 2006: Stephen
Marshall drove from Canada to Maine to murder two registrants after
selecting them from the state's
Megan's Law website.
Megan's Law website.
As of 2012, eAdvocate has documented 432 known murders of registrants or people accused of committing sex crimes.
Furthermore, a study by Jill Levenson and Richard Tewksbury entitled "Collateral Damage: Family Members of Sex Offenders"
found that 44% of family members experience threats and harassment, 27% experienced property damage, and 7% were physically
assaulted.
My intent here is not to scare you into paranoia, and I hope you never have to use these tips. However, in the event you are harassed
or you feel your life is threatened, there are a number of things you can do to minimize your risk of becoming a target; nothing is
100% effective, but following some common sense rules. Home surveillance systems and owning dogs are well known and relatively
easy to find options, and can alert you to intruders. Large dogs with a reputation for being guard dogs become visual deterrents to
would-be intruders.
In addition, get into the habit of documenting everything. If you have a telephone harasser, it is imperative you discuss your options
with your phone company. Unfortunately, most cell phone providers don't provide services like call blocks, but even if a person calls
from an unlisted number, that call can be traced (though it may take a court order to retrieve the information). If your harasser is
driving by and shouting obscenities, film him in the act. Most people own cell phones, and virtually all cell phones have some form of
recording capabilities.
Online Vigilantes and Trolls
The Internet has become a necessity in today's culture, but it has also given people the ability to harass and annoy people with a large
degree of anonymity. This emboldens people to say and do things they don't have the guts to do in person. It is easy to get caught in
"flame wars" or feel the need to defend yourself from attacks on online message boards. It is a feeling of helpless to see someone
insult your personhood, your family, or make up lies about you. Even I get sucked into the occasional flame war.
But should you really be worried that someone going by the screen name "roar4truth" is pestering you online? It depends. Many
malevolent online entities are merely "trolls," people who are online just to pick an online fight for fun (or to use Internet slang, "for
the lulz"). It is important to separate annoying but relatively harmless trolls from actual cyber-stalkers.
Cyber-trolls
Trolls are named for a fishing technique, not a mythical creature. “The troll posts a message, often in response to an honest
question, that is intended to upset, disrupt or simply insult the group” [Andrew Heenan (2013), “Internet Trolls,“ www.flayme.
com/troll/] The Flayme site finds the following to be characteristics of the cyber-trolls; I adapted the definition specifically for
registrants:
- Lack of Imagination: Posts
comments just to inflame
- “Pedantic to the extreme:”
Rather thorough posts that, while appearing as ludicrous, elicit sympathy
and leads to division. A
typical tactic is posting threads that simultaneously attack sex offenders as “pedophiles” and paint themselves as a victim of
your post. - False Identity: Will never
reveal real names due to cowardice, though these days, security reasons
have led many to use
pseudonyms. Many cyber-vigilante “non-profit organizations” do not have physical addresses, and they tend to have multiple
screen names as well. It begs the question, “If what they do is right in the name of justice and the law, why hide your
identity?” - Cross-posting: Trolls tend
to post the exact same post everywhere they go, and tend to post it
whether it is relevant or not.
- Off-Topic Posting: Can be
genuine errors; “a BRIEF opposite response is simply
"netiquette;" if it’s a troll post, you have
denied it its reward.” In other words, don’t get goaded into arguing - Repetition: Trolls tend to
repeat the same rhetoric everywhere they go. Trust me, I’ve heard the same
sex offender myths
repeated by the same few people in every post in the last two months - Missing The Point: “Trolls
rarely answer a direct question- they cannot, if asked to justify their
twaddle…” My experience has
been either they do not have a source to quote or the post a link to their gossip sites as “evidence” - Thick or sad: They “rarely
make what most people would consider intelligent conversation,” but brag
of having a high IQ.
The general consensus is the number one rule to dealing with trolls is simply IGNORE THEM! It is better to not engage them at all,
and if you do, keep it brief and to the point. If you counter an “F*** You” with your own “F*** you,” you are merely goading them.
If you ignore them, most will give up. Many are merely attention seekers, seeking others who will give them sympathy, justify their
actions, and make them feel important. Thus, ignoring them hurts them.
Cyber-stalkers/ Online Vigilantes
The more active you are in sex offender activism, the more likely you will become a target for the myriad of cyber-vigilante
organizations online. While this form of cyber-vigilantism is less prevalent, it is more dangerous because it is more intrusive,
menacing, and persistent. You become the object of the cyber-stalker's obsession. Many online vigilantes are members of groups of
like-minded individuals or at least share information with one another. The Flayme.com definition is:
- “At its mildest, a stalker
is simply a troll that has attached itself to an individual. At worst,
boring, at best, flattering. But a
stalker can be a serious predator, using the Internet to pursue a real or imagined vendetta, or other perverted agenda. Risk
assessment is an essential first step.” (Andrew Heenan, “Internet Stalkers.” www.flayme.com/stalker/, 2007).
According to www.wiredsafety.org/cyberstalking_harassment/definition.html, the traits of a cyberstalker:
- Malice: The desire to hurt
you
- Premeditation: The presence
of planning or organization
- Repetition: The activity is
not a one-time incident
- Distress: The activity
causes you fear or distress
- Obsession: Harassment won’t
stop, despite repeated warnings
- Vendetta: Wants “revenge” on
you
- No Legitimate Purpose: No
valid purpose aside from causing you harm
- Personally directed at you
- Disregarding warnings to
stop
- Harassment: As defined by
state statute
- Threats
(www.wiredsafety.org, “Cyber 911 Emergency: Definition," 2008)
If you have joined with groups like RSOL, SOSEN, USA FAIR, or other support or legal reformist website, you may become a target
of online vigilantes at some point. In 2008, when I first wrote this article, most online vigilantes were affiliated with Perverted-Justice
(Wikisposure) and Absolute Zero United. As I revise this article in 2013, those sites are defunct but replaced with sites like Evil-
Unveiled, No Peace For Predators, and individuals like Valerie "Valigator" Parkhurst of Davie, FL. Below are the tactics of a cyber-
stalker:
- Publishing your personal
info online at their website: This is done primarily to incite members or
supporters to harass
targets by mail or phone (Julia Scheeres, “They Wanted To Teach Him a Lesson.” www.wired.com, March 19, 2004) - Hacking into computers,
websites, or servers: Done for a variety of reasons, such as to
obtain your personal information or
to disrupt your activities. Of deeper concern is the possibility of “browser hijacking,” as a few cases have surfaced where
computers were allegedly embedded with porn without their knowledge (John Leyden, “Child porn case highlights browser
hijack risks.” The Register, UK, May 13, 2004, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/13/browser_hijacking_risks/print.html)
( see also http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63391,00.html) - Impersonation: The creation of identities,
screen names, or websites with your name and likeness. For example, a
troll
targeting me put up an attack blog, posting up personal information obtained from the Ohio Registry, doctoring up the picture
from my SO flyer, and using my real name as a screen name. - Harassment: can be though any media-
phone, mail, or e-mails sent either to you directly OR to people you know,
I.e.,
friends, family, co-workers, etc. (Marcell v. Perverted Justice.com, CV-06-0693 [US Dist Ct New Mex., Aug 3, 2006) - Mobbing/ ganging up: A favorite tactic of members
of stalking groups, members of that group (or perhaps even multiple
screen names of one individual) will flood chatrooms, forums, or other places you post your opinions, either in an attempt to
drown you out, or to attack you en masse. - Virtual Stalking: It should come as no
surprise, but online stalkers tend to follow you around the Internet. As
an example, I
used the screen name "fallenone" for many years; in doing so, I made it easy for a cyber-stalker to find me by Googling my
screen name, and he would follow behind me and post attack info behind all my posts.
So you may have a cyber stalker, so the question is how do you handle it? The hard part is the nature of the Internet itself, along
with a lack of consensus on the seriousness of cyber-terrorism, as evidenced by the recent high profile case of the 13-year-old who
committed suicide after she was targeted by a cyber bully. See also the 1999 Report on Cyber Stalking (www.usdoj.
gov/criminal/cyber crime/cyber stalking.htm). In short, local law enforcement may lack the capacity (or the desire) to handle
Internet-related cases.
Below are a few methods of dealing with cyber-stalkers I have adapted from various sources. It is up to you to decide which method
you prefer:
1. Ignore them as you
would a troll: Most cyber-stalkers are annoying you get a rise out of your reactions,
and if you ignore
them or at least not directly address them, most will get aggravated and give up. Noted as the best of the approaches by most
people, as many cyber-stalkers are motivated similarly to trolls.
them or at least not directly address them, most will get aggravated and give up. Noted as the best of the approaches by most
people, as many cyber-stalkers are motivated similarly to trolls.
2. Take a stand: Bring to light their
actions. For example, if they post derisive remarks online and they attack you
in a later
forum, provide a link to the original post and remind them you’re onto them. Use restraint however, as many play the “blame
game,” making YOU out to be the aggressor. If you do choose this approach, just be careful with your words. Minimize your
personal attacks and communications while maximizing your public response; make interactions impersonal.
forum, provide a link to the original post and remind them you’re onto them. Use restraint however, as many play the “blame
game,” making YOU out to be the aggressor. If you do choose this approach, just be careful with your words. Minimize your
personal attacks and communications while maximizing your public response; make interactions impersonal.
3. The “Tit for tat”
approach: The organized stalkers tend to troll your every post and use everything
you say against you, so
you should use their techniques. Keep a log of their posts, and if you wish, open up a webpage to showcase their foolishness.
Many of them use Google’s free “Blogspot” page, so feel free to do the same. Dig up information on them like they have you.
you should use their techniques. Keep a log of their posts, and if you wish, open up a webpage to showcase their foolishness.
Many of them use Google’s free “Blogspot” page, so feel free to do the same. Dig up information on them like they have you.
Below are a few tips you can use when dealing with a cyber-stalker:
- Remove personal info from
all public profiles such as Facebook. It amazes me how easy I've been able to out
many online
vigilantes because one day the stalker connected their online vigilante profile to some real life interest. It only takes one
mistake for me to make a connection between a fake profile and a real profile. If I can do this rather easily, you can be
assured so can the vigilantes (besides, I've learned a few techniques from them). - Maintain a separate activist
account: If
you are an activist, then create an activist profile separate from your
personal or
business accounts. You may also want to consider using an anonymous web browser like Tor, which masks your IP address.
Some sophisticated individuals can trace you by IP addresses. - Watch Your Mouth: Be sure not to give out too
much info. Be mindful that people can "out" you by such
relatively mundane
things as a general interest (If you like Skyline Chili than you probably live in or close to Cincinnati, for example). Giving out
TMI like specific birthdays, pictures of yourself or family on Facebook, or specifics when telling your story can reveal your
identity. Instead of saying "On January 4th I was arrested in Dayton, Ohio," you can say, "Last winter I was arrested in
Ohio." Watch out for catchphrases as well. If you say "that's so radical" a lot, for example (a rarely used term these days
unless you still watch TMNT), then a cyber-stalker may be able to figure out who you are by your speech. - Save all online activities,
including chatlogs. There are many ways to save information.
These days, most web browsers
offer some sort of "screenshot" technology; for Firefox I used "Fireshot" and for Google Chrome I use "Webpage
Screenshot." You can also cut-and-paste info to a Word Document or even save the entire webpage to your computer. - DO NOT believe anyone in
these groups are trying to help you. In fact, they are trying to obtain as much
information as
possible to use against you later or con you out of money. So if a group offers you the opportunity to remove the info from
their websites for a price or offers you the chance to plead your case to them, do not accept it. - If this leads to phone
harassment, trace every threatening call, even if you have to pay for it. You could block calls from
unlisted numbers, and pressing *59 will keep a log in the phone company computers in case you need to call the police later.
Also, in most cases you can record phone conversations; recording laws require only the consent of one party to record a
conversation. Thus, you are one of the two parties in a phone conversation. I actually used my camcorder to tape a
conversation in a civil case, which helped me win. - You can also take legal
action- civil or criminal. Civil litigation can be expensive but in many
cases, civil litigation may be
the only deterrent if the person has any assets.
Scams and Extortion
When you consider the level of desperation the average registrant experiences under persecution, it should be no surprise that a
number of websites and email scams targeting Registered Citizens are out there. This is a bit different than online trolls or stalkers,
because the intent is simply to scam you out of some money or assets, but it is no less aggravating.
Below are some typical scams that are out there on the Internet specifically targeting Registered Citizens. This is by no means
comprehensive, but these examples will give you an idea of what to look for:
- Offendex/ SORArchives
(Mugshot Websites Scam): Offendex/ SORArchives is a scam that steals
public registry information
and, for as much as $699, offers registrants the opportunity to pay to remove the information from their websites. Of course,
they simply create new websites and the scam continues some more. Offendex is currently in litigation over this extortion
practice. For more info on this company visit Offendextortion.com. - FBI Alert Virus: The way this scam works is
a notice pops up claiming you are locked out of your computer by the
"FBI"
and accuses you of engaging in some form of online activity. It prompts you to pay to unlock your computer. This, of
course, is a scam. The FBI didn't lock your computer; instead your computer has received a new type of virus called
"ransomware." As the name suggests, the scheme involves locking you out of certain computer functions (holding it as a
virtual hostage) until you pay a fee. There are a few incarnations of this virus, and there are a number of sites offering tips on
repairing computers infected with this virus online. - The Classic Scams: These scams are more
personal, but your typical scams used on everyone else. A number of
individuals
are offering services like books claiming to teach registrants to avoid detection legally, how to get off the registry, or claiming
to offer information for a price. Granted, there are a number of legitimate services like this website that collects donations for
services, so not every website requesting money is a scam. Checking out the website and its owners are key.
Legal issues with cyber stalking
Like most issues concerning the Internet, cyber stalking laws are difficult to enforce, given the anonymity of the Internet and the
lack of general knowledge of the very nature of the Internet itself. For example, though many networks and service providers have
“Acceptable Use” policies against harassment and stalking, in most instances, it is difficult to get certain activities such as bogus web
pages of you removed. For example, consider the following disclaimer from Google’s “Blogspot” service, in which they effectively
claim no responsibility :
“We do not remove allegedly defamatory content from www.google.com or any other U.S. dot com domains. US domain sites such as
Google.com, Blogger, Page Creator, etc. are sites regulated only by U.S. law. Given this fact, and pursuant to Section 230(c) of the
Communications Decency Act, we do not remove allegedly defamatory material from U.S. domains. The only exception to this rule is
if the material has been found to be defamatory by a court, as evidenced by a court order. The language of Section 230(c) of the
Communications Decency Act fundamentally states that Internet services like Google.com, Blogger and many of Google’s other
services are re-publishers and not the publisher of that content. Therefore, these sites are not held liable for any allegedly
defamatory, offensive or harassing content published on the site.” (“Defamation Definition.” www.blogger.com)
If you truly feel threatened by an online stalker, the best course of action (according to both eadvocate and wiredsafety.org) is file a
report with local law enforcement. The police may not have the tools to fight the stalker. They don’t have to- The main goal is to
subpoena the ISP to provide the information necessary to uncover the identity of the cyber stalker. You might want to contact
cyberstalking@wiredsafety.org for assistance, though I’m unsure how willing they would assist a sex offender. Eadvocate suggests
you DON’T use the “Cyber Tip Line,” because they affiliated with the NCMEC and controversial founder John Walsh. It may be
possible to file a complain though the FBI’s Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3) at, http://www.ic3.gov/, though the site seems
made for Internet fraud. (eadvocate, “Laws and Contacts to Assist Registrants (former sex offenders) in Filing Complaints of
Harassment, Stalking, Cyber-Stalking or Property Damages.” www.sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/ Sept. 4, 2007)
Each state has their own laws regarding stalking or harassing communications. Again, www.wiredsafety.org has a list of links to
individual laws regarding stalking laws. It is important to check the applicable laws in your state. In Ohio, for example, the
requirement is three occurrences are necessary to file a harassing communications complaint. A state-by-state guide to cyber-stalking
laws can also be found here:
www.haltabuse.org/resources/laws/index.shtml
Police have an obligation to investigate cases of cyber stalking. “It is the policy of the US to ensure vigorous enforcement of federal
criminal laws to deter and punish trafficking in obscenity, stalking, and harassment by means of a computer” (47 US Code Ann.
Section 230-b-5)
You may also wish to consider suing in civil court for damages. Civil court has a lower burden of proof, plus monetary
repercussions tend to make most people reconsider their position. Consider the recent case Marcell v. Perverted Justice.com, CV-06-
0693 [US Dist Ct New Mex., Aug 3, 2006] (http://www.corrupted-justice.com/article23.html). While even hate organizations like the
KKK have constitutional rights of their own, they have limits on their actions. Essentially you are free to hate all you want but you
cannot put your hate into action. Typical civil charges may include charges of slander, defamation of character, harassment,
impersonation, libel, and dissemination of personal information. Considering Pee-J’s recent 501[c] 3 status, now there is at least a
physical address should your harasser be one of them.
Keep in mind, however, the likelihood of winning a defamation suit is slim. The schema for defamation is:
1. False and defamatory
statement regarding another
2. Unprivileged
publication of the claim to a third party
3. Rising, in the case
of matters of public concern, to at least negligence by the publisher, or
worse,
4. Damages to the
subject (Kelly O' Connell. "Internet Law- Understanding Internet
Defamation." IBLS Internet Law, www.ibls.
com, Oct. 10, 2007)
com, Oct. 10, 2007)
There have been only a handful of victories regarding Internet defamation:
- Scheff v. Bock, CACE03022837,
17th Judicial (Broward Co. FL 2007): Woman was awarded $11.3 Million in
damages, but
the case was won by default as defendant failed to appear in court to challenge it - Marcell v. Perverted
Justice.com, CV-06-0693 [US Dist Ct New Mex., Aug 3, 2006]: Again, won by
default
Law Enforcement and the “Public Duty Doctrine”
Of particular concern with Law Enforcement is a general reluctance to assist with your case based on a sex offender label. Police
officers are usually covered by the “public duty doctrine,” which basically states the police have an obligation to protect the public
rather than any individual. In other words, police have a rather large amount of discretion in deciding to investigate a complaint.
However, there are exceptions to this doctrine which can make police officers civilly responsible for failing to protect you as a citizen
(Karen J. Kruger, “Duty To All- Duty To No One: Examining the Public Duty Doctrine and Its Exceptions.” The Police Chief, IACP,
May 2007, www.policechiefmagazine.org).
1. “Danger creation
exception: a complainant must show that the government’s action or inaction
“affirmatively placed the
plaintiff in a position of danger, that is, where state action creates or exposes an individual to a danger which he or she would
not have otherwise faced.” Gross negligence does fall under this category.
plaintiff in a position of danger, that is, where state action creates or exposes an individual to a danger which he or she would
not have otherwise faced.” Gross negligence does fall under this category.
2. “Special-Relationship
Exception:” a principle of law that allows for suits based on negligent police
protection where the
plaintiff can demonstrate that there existed a special relationship between the injured person and the police. Generally, such a
relationship will be found “where the government singles out a particular party from the general public and affords that person
special treatment.” I’m not fond of calling the relationship between RFSOs and LE “special,” but it may be worth it in cases
of gross negligence by the police.
plaintiff can demonstrate that there existed a special relationship between the injured person and the police. Generally, such a
relationship will be found “where the government singles out a particular party from the general public and affords that person
special treatment.” I’m not fond of calling the relationship between RFSOs and LE “special,” but it may be worth it in cases
of gross negligence by the police.
Conclusion
1. In most cases, it is
best to ignore most Internet trolls and stalkers.
2. If you cannot resist
the urge to converse with them, be very VERY V-E-R-Y!!!!! careful with your
words, since twisting
your words is a typical tactic of such individuals.
your words is a typical tactic of such individuals.
3. Log all instances of
harassment of any form for future reference. Use anything-- cameras, cell
phones, camcorders, whatever
you have handy
you have handy
4. DO NOT cooperate or
send money to individuals in exchange for getting off a private registry or in
exchange for information
making outlandish claims or services. Remember the old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
making outlandish claims or services. Remember the old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
5. Local law enforcement
agencies are usually the agency you will have to file a charge with, rather
than the FBI. HOWEVER,
you should also file a complaint with the FBI Cyber-crimes unit at www.ic3.gov.
you should also file a complaint with the FBI Cyber-crimes unit at www.ic3.gov.
6. Also, a civil case
against the harasser may be of help as well.
7. Whatever you do,
NEVER confront a harasser on the street, and get away from that person
should (s)he approach you on
the street.
the street.
Information sites on stalking and cyber stalking-- Please note, these are general information sites on the subject and there is no
endorsement nor guarantee of assistance of any kind from of the listed organizations below:
1. www.ic3.gov:
The FBI Cybercrime reporting site. I know it appears mostly like a place for ID
theft, but trust me, if you call
the FBI this is where they send you to file a complaint
the FBI this is where they send you to file a complaint
2. www.flayme.com: A general and rather useful
information site regarding Internet trolls and stalkers, such as
characteristics
and examples of each. A good read to help you understand internet behavior.
and examples of each. A good read to help you understand internet behavior.
3. www.wiredsafety.org: An organization devoted to
stopping cyber-crimes, and may even offer assistance to LE in cyber
stalking cases
stalking cases
4. www.haltabuse.org/resources/laws/index.shtml:
This page has a tab allowing you to look up cyber stalking laws by state
Please contact me if you have any more information to add here.
Addendum 1: When the Violence Against Women Act was renewed in January 2008, an attachment to the law made "anonymous"
cyberstalking a FEDERAL offense, punishable by up to 2 years in Federal Prison! For more information on this new provision, read
the following article:
Declean McCullagh, "FAQ: The New 'Annoy' Law Explained." CNET News, Jan. 11, 2008
http://www.news.com/FAQ-The-new-annoy-law-explained/2100-1028_3-6025396.html?tag=st.nl
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research on sex offender laws free of charge. This independent resource is not funded by any business so donations are always needed.
If you wish to keep this valuable resource going, then please send a donation to Once Fallen today. My PayPal address is
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If you are looking to become an activist, I suggest reading my GET ACTIVE page.
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advice on sex crime defense, and any advice given is a solitary opinion based upon the personal experiences and conclusions made by
the owner of this site. The purpose of Once Fallen is not seek any influence over "age of consent" laws or, as some erroneously put it,
"normalize pedophilia" or sexual abuse (and thus is not affiliated in any way with alleged "pro-pedophile" groups like NAMBLA), nor is Once
Fallen even part of that debate. Instead, Once Fallen provides the best available information on the case against post-conviction sex
offender "remedies" such as public shaming lists, residency restrictions. Once Fallen promotes an "evidence-based approach" to
combating recidivism through a combination of fact-based public education programs that do not rely on fear and myths about sex
offenders, coupled with programs that stress healthy rehabilitation techniques and reintegration programs balancing public safety with the
individual needs to those who are labeled "sex offenders."
See my CONTACT ME page for detailed info about this site and to contact the webmaster.
The information provided at this site is free to the public for informational and educational (non-commercial) purposes. If you intend to use
anything from this website for non-commercial purposes, such as copying a page to hand to a legislator or an inmate, or for school
research projects, then this falls under "fair use" and you don't need my permission. Commercial ventures, such as for-profit businesses or
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degree of mutual endorsement or support between ONCE FALLEN and any other website and are merely here for educational and
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On your right is a list of fact guides on a variety of sex offender laws and topics. Every fact guide has been researched thoroughly and
every effort has been made to provide up-to-date and accurate information. Once Fallen is dedicated to providing the best available
information. If you find any grammatical or spelling errors, research errors, or have suggestions, email me at iamthefallen1@yahoo.com.
FOR MORE R.S.O. INFORMATION, ACTIVISM, AND SUPPORT
WAR SUPPORT HOTLINE FOR REGISTRANTS AND FAMILIES CALL TOLL FREE -- (800) 773-4319 or email the support line,
hotline@thesupporthotline.org. For media inquiries or to contact me, visit my CONTACT ME page. To join the fight, visit my GET
ACTIVE page. See also the eAdvocate Community Blog for more resources or my RELEVANT RSO SITES/ LINKS PAGE for other
support and advocacy sites, personal blogs, and related resources.
ACTION ALERTS
This section spotlights a few activist events that are coming up in the near-future.
BAD BILL ALERT: HR 4859 -- The Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014.
To your right, a number of pages on various topics are featured. The first section are fact guides, the second section are editorials and
assorted current event articles, and the final section are of site information pages.
If you are looking to become an activist, I suggest reading my GET ACTIVE page.
If you are looking for information not covered by my fact guides, looking to join other activist sites, or to see if there are state-specific
resources for your area, visit my RELEVANT LINKS page.
MISSION STATEMENT, DISCLAIMERS, AND CONTENT USE POLICIES
The purpose of Once is providing an honest education on the truth about sex offender laws and issues, and offering some support
services and guidance to those seeking to reform America's sex offender laws. Once Fallen is not a legal service, nor can we provide legal
advice on sex crime defense, and any advice given is a solitary opinion based upon the personal experiences and conclusions made by
the owner of this site. The purpose of Once Fallen is not seek any influence over "age of consent" laws or, as some erroneously put it,
"normalize pedophilia" or sexual abuse (and thus is not affiliated in any way with alleged "pro-pedophile" groups like NAMBLA), nor is Once
Fallen even part of that debate. Instead, Once Fallen provides the best available information on the case against post-conviction sex
offender "remedies" such as public shaming lists, residency restrictions. Once Fallen promotes an "evidence-based approach" to
combating recidivism through a combination of fact-based public education programs that do not rely on fear and myths about sex
offenders, coupled with programs that stress healthy rehabilitation techniques and reintegration programs balancing public safety with the
individual needs to those who are labeled "sex offenders."
See my CONTACT ME page for detailed info about this site and to contact the webmaster.
The information provided at this site is free to the public for informational and educational (non-commercial) purposes. If you intend to use
anything from this website for non-commercial purposes, such as copying a page to hand to a legislator or an inmate, or for school
research projects, then this falls under "fair use" and you don't need my permission. Commercial ventures, such as for-profit businesses or
competing websites, must obtain my permission to use any info provided here. Generally I only ask you link to my website and credit me for
my work (Derek W. Logue of Once Fallen.com). Any opinions expressed here are my own. Links to other websites do not imply any
degree of mutual endorsement or support between ONCE FALLEN and any other website and are merely here for educational and
informative purposes.
On your right is a list of fact guides on a variety of sex offender laws and topics. Every fact guide has been researched thoroughly and
every effort has been made to provide up-to-date and accurate information. Once Fallen is dedicated to providing the best available
information. If you find any grammatical or spelling errors, research errors, or have suggestions, email me at iamthefallen1@yahoo.com.
FOR MORE R.S.O. INFORMATION, ACTIVISM, AND SUPPORT
WAR SUPPORT HOTLINE FOR REGISTRANTS AND FAMILIES CALL TOLL FREE -- (800) 773-4319 or email the support line,
hotline@thesupporthotline.org. For media inquiries or to contact me, visit my CONTACT ME page. To join the fight, visit my GET
ACTIVE page. See also the eAdvocate Community Blog for more resources or my RELEVANT RSO SITES/ LINKS PAGE for other
support and advocacy sites, personal blogs, and related resources.
ACTION ALERTS
This section spotlights a few activist events that are coming up in the near-future.
BAD BILL ALERT: HR 4859 -- The Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014.
Earler this year,
SCOTUS struck down an overreaching restitution bill as unconstitutional.
Congress is trying to circumvent the ruling with a
new bill that proposes hardships on anyone accused of CP. This bill MUST be opposed.
California RSOL's chart on Registration and Residency Restrictions on all 50 states:
http://californiarsol.org/2014/07/updated-registration-laws-for-all-50-states/
STOP H.R.4573 - International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
This is a new version of the defunct International Megan's Law bill of a few years ago. This bill will restrict passports of registrants and
force registrants to strict regulations for international travel. We must stop this bill from passing immediately!
.
ACTIVIST CENTRAL JOURNALISM SPECIAL REPORT: Registration Mayhem in Multnomah Co., OR
Just how hard is it to register in Multnomah Co., OR? Visit Activist Central Journalism to find the answer.
http://www.activistcentraljournalism.org/multnomah-county-fails-at-registering.html
ACTIVIST CENTRAL RADIO is on summer break. AC 20/20 returns in the fall.
new bill that proposes hardships on anyone accused of CP. This bill MUST be opposed.
California RSOL's chart on Registration and Residency Restrictions on all 50 states:
http://californiarsol.org/2014/07/updated-registration-laws-for-all-50-states/
STOP H.R.4573 - International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
This is a new version of the defunct International Megan's Law bill of a few years ago. This bill will restrict passports of registrants and
force registrants to strict regulations for international travel. We must stop this bill from passing immediately!
.
ACTIVIST CENTRAL JOURNALISM SPECIAL REPORT: Registration Mayhem in Multnomah Co., OR
Just how hard is it to register in Multnomah Co., OR? Visit Activist Central Journalism to find the answer.
http://www.activistcentraljournalism.org/multnomah-county-fails-at-registering.html
ACTIVIST CENTRAL RADIO is on summer break. AC 20/20 returns in the fall.
About
Derek W. Logue of Once Fallen
("The Fallen One")
(Read more about me in my book Once Fallen)
I have been an activist since 2004, fighting for the rights of registered citizens ("sex offenders"). I am also on the registry. In 1999, I made
a mistake-- I kissed an underage girl. She was somebody I knew, and I knew better. I am what you call a "situational offender." I was
arrested in 2000 and convicted in 2001 (I sat in jail a full year before my conviction.) I served 37 months of a six year sentence in an
Alabama State Prison, and was released in April 2003. I never chose to become an activist, but after I spent years in vain laying low,
working and paying bills, and bothering no one, I was targeted by local politicians determined to use registrants like me to further their
careers. I was forced out of one residence formerly pre-approved by the authorities, and had to fight to keep my second residence. My
activism was inspired by my struggle to survive.
I am not against punishment for people who commit sex crimes. However, I believe punishment should be coupled with prevention and
rehabilitation programs. I have lived under these laws for over a decade, and I have experienced the social ostracism, the denial of
housing and employment services, and harassment that is common to those on the registry. My first taste of online activism came in 2004
through a defunct website called "sexcriminals.com." My fellow activists have helped me through some tough times over the years. Today,
I fight to bring wholesale reforms of America's sex offender laws, including abolishing residency restrictions, the public registry, and
community notification, as well as promote programs that emphasize education and prevention of sexual abuse programs. Healing for
both victims and offenders should be emphasized.
I created this site to help educate the public as well as assist my fellow activists. In 1999, before my arrest, I earned a Bachelor's in
Justice Studies from Athens State University (in Athens, AL). I bring a decade of practical and research experience on the subject of sex
offender laws. Over the years, Once Fallen has become recognized as a leading source of factual information on sex offender laws.
Registrants, counselors, lawyers, and even law enforcement officials have utilized the information here. I have made many media
appearances to help further the cause.
Derek Logue/ Once Fallen Media Appearances:
("The Fallen One")
(Read more about me in my book Once Fallen)
I have been an activist since 2004, fighting for the rights of registered citizens ("sex offenders"). I am also on the registry. In 1999, I made
a mistake-- I kissed an underage girl. She was somebody I knew, and I knew better. I am what you call a "situational offender." I was
arrested in 2000 and convicted in 2001 (I sat in jail a full year before my conviction.) I served 37 months of a six year sentence in an
Alabama State Prison, and was released in April 2003. I never chose to become an activist, but after I spent years in vain laying low,
working and paying bills, and bothering no one, I was targeted by local politicians determined to use registrants like me to further their
careers. I was forced out of one residence formerly pre-approved by the authorities, and had to fight to keep my second residence. My
activism was inspired by my struggle to survive.
I am not against punishment for people who commit sex crimes. However, I believe punishment should be coupled with prevention and
rehabilitation programs. I have lived under these laws for over a decade, and I have experienced the social ostracism, the denial of
housing and employment services, and harassment that is common to those on the registry. My first taste of online activism came in 2004
through a defunct website called "sexcriminals.com." My fellow activists have helped me through some tough times over the years. Today,
I fight to bring wholesale reforms of America's sex offender laws, including abolishing residency restrictions, the public registry, and
community notification, as well as promote programs that emphasize education and prevention of sexual abuse programs. Healing for
both victims and offenders should be emphasized.
I created this site to help educate the public as well as assist my fellow activists. In 1999, before my arrest, I earned a Bachelor's in
Justice Studies from Athens State University (in Athens, AL). I bring a decade of practical and research experience on the subject of sex
offender laws. Over the years, Once Fallen has become recognized as a leading source of factual information on sex offender laws.
Registrants, counselors, lawyers, and even law enforcement officials have utilized the information here. I have made many media
appearances to help further the cause.
Derek Logue/ Once Fallen Media Appearances:
1. WLWT Cincinnati
Channel 5, Dec. 5, 2006, fighting Residency Restriction Laws (Also on FOX 19 News)
2. Cincinnati Enquirer, July 29, 2007,
in newspaper (I was actually fairly disappointed in this article)
3. Cincinnati Enquirer, July 2007,
Online Video Interview
4. KTKA News (Kansas), May 19, 2008,
mentions my comments in blog on-air
5. SO Clear Media, June 2008, Online Interview
6. Lehigh Valley Live (PA), September
14, 2008, article "The great debate: Are Residency bans
effective?"
7. Appearances on box Fox 19 and Local 12 in Cincinnati on
April 8, 2009, as a counter to a protest against the VOA Pogue Center
8. New York Daily News, Aug. 3, 2009, opposing
iPhone Offender App
9. The Cypress Times, Nov.
24, 2009, full length editorial "Of Myths and Monsters"
10. CNN.com, January 12, 2010,
Article on civil commitment
11. Allen
Hunt Show, January 12, 2010, click here for download
mp3, I'm on about 28 minutes in
12. Human-Stupidity.com, June
2010
13. Russia Today, May 18,
2011, CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO, CLICK HERE FOR PRINT
ARTICLE
14. The Paula Gloria Show
(Manhattan Neighborhood Network), April 27, 2012, CLICK HERE for Part 1, CLICK HERE for Part 2
15. The Joe Friendly Show
(Manhattan Neighborhood Network), April 27, 2012, CLICK
HERE for Part 1, CLICK HERE for Part 2
16. Mobile Lagnaippe, August
7, 2012, article on RSO clustering
17. Once Fallen
referenced in the book "Unprecedented: How Sex Offender Laws
are Impacting Our Nation" p. 58, p.198, p.333
18. CBS 42 Birmingham, Feb.
20, 2013, news story on the efforts of ReFORM-AL to fight Alabama's Sex
Offender Laws
19. Huffington Post Live, June
4, 2013, along with Shana Rowan of USA Fair and Gail Coletta of Florida Action
Committee
20. Dr. Drew On Call [HLN], Aug. 13, 2013,
discussing the case of a registrant who gained custody of his daughter
21. Broward/ Palm Beach New Times, Aug. 20, 2013,
in an article about vigilantes
22. Raising America with Kyra Phillips [HLN], Sept.
24, 2013, addressing rehabilitation and sex offender myths
24. The Baylor Lariat, Nov.
13, 2013, in response to an editorial featured in an earlier edition
25. 700 WLW Cincinnati, Dec. 12, 2013,
discussing the need for reforming sex offender sentencing laws
26. Washington Post, Jan.
28, 2014, in support of Dennis Sobin, who created a registry to register his
registrants
27. ACTIVIST CENTRAL 2020 RADIO,
March 7, 2014, discussing serial killer Patrick Drum
28. Dr. Drew On Call [HLN], April 7, 2014,
discussing whether "SVPs" can be rehabilitated
SOCIAL NETWORKING LINKS
- http://dereklogue.brandyourself.com/ -- Brand
Yourself profile
- https://twitter.com/oncefallenbook -- Twitter Page
- https://plus.google.com/101262742791349609782 --
Google Plus
In 2007, I received a partial pardon from the state of Alabama in recognition of my rehabilitation. I have been "free" for over a decade
without a single accusation or suspicion of re-offense. There is hope for redemption, even for those with the label "sex offender."
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CANADA
MILITARY NEWS- F**king PAEDOPHILES-- Canada we ran ourselves ragged in the 70s
and 80s cleaning up this sheeet.... especially our own Roman Catholic Church-
and we must NOT Stop...bikers, troops, homeless, street folks, oldies like us-
git r done/CANADA LET'S CLEAN UP R PAEDOOPHILES- git em b4 the law
does/CHILDREN OF THE SECRET- One Billion Rising- No more Excuses-No more
f**king abuses/ANONYMOUS- GREAT PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS- Russia and countries vote
castration of paedophiles- SEPT 1- Getcha Canada On-How ‘vigilantes’ work
‘within the law’ to force child sex offenders out of Canadian
communities/NEWSFLASH- Sep 22- JUSTICE 4 REHTAEH PARSONS- one abuser pleads
guilty- ONE BILLION RISING- no more excuses /Sept. 25- Pope fires Bishop who
promoted PAEDOPHILE Priest- a huntin we will go
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blogged:
CANADA MILITARY
NEWS: Sep 22-Rehtaeh Parsons Justice News- Jun28- hunting and catching
PAEDOPHILES NOVA SCOTIA -CANADA/Child Abuse Survivors/Insidious CHILDS
TRAFFICKING 60 million worldwide/UNITED NATIONS protects paedophiles and sex
traffickers???
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