This is kind of a "State of the Crime" article. It's worrisome on so many levels. The funding for a "tough on crime" stance is drying up, according to even the toughest crime fighters and legislators. We can't keep up. What happens when the rubber meets the road and we have no available cells?
IMO, studies are going to have to be funded to figure out how to successfully treat this onerous addiction. As I posted the other day, this crime is unusually addictive, the victims are getting younger and the abuse is getting more brutal. It reminds me of the drug, meth. Once tried, it's hard to turn away. The brain just craves more and more.
We simply can't lock up everybody forever. What are we going to do? So many ruined lives--the victims, the families, and the perps too. Shattered careers and reputations and out on the street again, too soon. That's a frightening mix. The registry is broken and lacks cohesion, state to state. The current treatment milieu often doesn't work. We MUST keep our children safe and fight this crime.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_re_us/us_child_porn_prosecutions_1
Child *advertiser censored* prosecutions soaring
".....The number of federal child *advertiser censored* cases has exploded during the last 15 years as Congress passed mandatory five-year minimum sentences and federal authorities have declared such investigations a priority.
The FBI has made more than 10,000 arrests since 1996 and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reports a similar number of arrests since its creation in 2003. The U.S. Department of Justice says prosecutions are up 40 percent since 2006 resulting in roughly 9,000 cases. In 2009, 2,315 suspects were indicted...."
more at link
IMO, studies are going to have to be funded to figure out how to successfully treat this onerous addiction. As I posted the other day, this crime is unusually addictive, the victims are getting younger and the abuse is getting more brutal. It reminds me of the drug, meth. Once tried, it's hard to turn away. The brain just craves more and more.
We simply can't lock up everybody forever. What are we going to do? So many ruined lives--the victims, the families, and the perps too. Shattered careers and reputations and out on the street again, too soon. That's a frightening mix. The registry is broken and lacks cohesion, state to state. The current treatment milieu often doesn't work. We MUST keep our children safe and fight this crime.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_re_us/us_child_porn_prosecutions_1
Child *advertiser censored* prosecutions soaring
".....The number of federal child *advertiser censored* cases has exploded during the last 15 years as Congress passed mandatory five-year minimum sentences and federal authorities have declared such investigations a priority.
The FBI has made more than 10,000 arrests since 1996 and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reports a similar number of arrests since its creation in 2003. The U.S. Department of Justice says prosecutions are up 40 percent since 2006 resulting in roughly 9,000 cases. In 2009, 2,315 suspects were indicted...."
more at link