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Online 'Predators' and Their Victims
Online Predators and Their VictimsMyths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and TreatmentJanis Wolak, David Finkelhor, and Kimberly J. MitchellUniversity of New HampshireMichele L. YbarraInternet Solutions for Kids, publicity about Online predators who prey on naivechildren using trickery and violence is largely sex crimes involving adults and juveniles moreoften fit a model of statutory rape adult offenders whomeet, develop relationships with, and openly seduce under-age teenagers than a model of forcible sexual assault orpedophilic child molesting. This is a serious problem, butone that requires approaches different from those in cur-rent prevention messages emphasizing parental controland the dangers of divulging personal information. Devel-opmentally appropriate prevention strategies that targetyouths directly and acknowledge normal adolescent inter-ests in romance and sex are needed.
Internet-initiated sex crimes, much of it conducted by us at the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New Hampshire. The CCRC research includes the first and second Youth Internet Safety Surveys (YISS-1 and YISS-2), which were telephone interviews with national samples of youth Internet users ages 10 to 17
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