It seems as if all you hear in the news anymore is how a person has murdered or abused a child. What possesses a person to do this?
201548
Well there are a lot of sick people in this world today and as a socity we have grown more sexualy. With tv and the internet it has grown more easly for petitfiles to meet with smally children, and less time in prison than any other time in history for committing a crime.Rapeing of our children is easier for them to do and they dont get much time. So we as a people need to set hasher pentiles for these crimes.
247742
It is nothing new.  It has being going on since time immoreal.  It effects all classes of society, all professions, all religions, the rich and the poor, the young and the old.  It is a curse.  It ruins more people's lives than any other form of abuse.  The do-gooders claim that the perverts are ill and need treatment.  They pay far more attention to them than they do to the victims.  Pedophiles are manipulative, clever and use tactics that can only be imagined.  I will not give any details but suffice is to say that they use language, threats and intimidation on their child victims.  The vast majority of men who have been indecently assaulted when young, seldom if ever tell anyone about their experience.  Most women also keep it 'secret' only informing their husbands when things go wrong much later in life.  Consequently the perverts appear to be 'getting away with it'.  I have worked in law enforcement and everytime the issue of capital punishment arrises (UK), I honestly and sincerely advocate the death penalty for anyone committing a serious sexual offence on a child under the age of ten.  I really mean it.  In my experience, and in many documented cases, they are incapable of being 'cured' of their sick and evil habits.  If an animal was to do what some of these people do to their young, they would be 'put down' immediately. Some of the true stories that I was told by young and indeed elderly people about their experiences as much as fifty years ago would make the strongest of stomachs, retch.  Teachers, doctors, judges, police officers, solicitors, and any other group of people you can imagine are preying on the young of society in every country of the world.  It is a sad, sad state of affairs when we cannot protect them.
672806
Maybe they don't know what's going on. Unfortunately...child pornography happens in many places all over the world. So it's not anything new that they feel is worth a story. Who knows? The media is weird.
311869
Nature has always been erratic. What has changed is our awareness of events farther and farther away from us. The news media always finds that people are more interested in tragedy than peace and quiet. Tragic events from more and more places get reported to us. It just seems like more bad things are happening.
144607
most where abused as a child and thats the only thing they know
89258
1. They don't get caught.\n2. Not all child abuse is equal.  Most of your respondents assume it is all severe.\n3. It's the Man!  It's all his fault!\n4. Some are rich enough to hire expensive lawyers\n5. Some ARE expensive lawyers\n6. some are judges\n7. Some flee the country\n8. They successfully blackmail the judge, lawyer, or victim\n9. The victim doesn't realize it's abuse (ever/ until the statute of limitations passes)\n10. The victim decides a legal battle is worse than just letting it go.\n11. The victim decides they want revenge, not legal consequences\n12. The victim is still being victimized and nobody knows because they can't speak (or are tied up in the abuser's basement).\n13. The victim buys into the cycle of abuse and decides to live the same lifestyle\n14. The abuser is in another country that doesn't define the abuse as illegal (ex: slavery in Kuwait)\n15. The legal system is one that easily accepts bribes (Ex: Ukraine and Russia)\n16. People are embarrassed and don't want to think about it, let alone strive to eradicate it.\n\nLast, but not least, prison is not necessarily the most effective way of dealing with this problem.  What do you learn in prison?  Does it really reform people or make more hardened criminals to be dumped right back into jail after they get out (repeat "customers" is great for the prison business).\n\nChildren are seperated from the abusive parent or parents (one abuser plus one enabler = parents) and counseling and probation ensues.  For severe abuse (sexual and other severe trauma), yes, prison.  For things like neglect, psychological, emotional, and non-injurious physical abuse, it may be enough to remove the child from the home (into foster care?).\n\nMany children act out and are removed from the home not because the parent(s) were caught, but because the child acted out either in copying the modeled parental behavior (example: raping a younger sibling) or committing crimes as a way of being removed from home.  Sometimes foster care placement lasts until they are 18, effectively removing the child from their parents.\n\nThere is no simple answer to your question.  If you need to know more or would like to discuss your essay, that's cool, but you should cite me [ex: "(personal communication, {my name},[date])"if you use APA style] .
236841
It depends on what the abuser did.  If I saw a child get a spanking when they were acting out, I would probably frown upon it but that's almost overstepping boundaries if it was a simple spat on the butt.  Yet if I saw a parent just physically abuse their kid, I would definitely call the cops, testify and do everything I could to help that child.  I have seen what child abuse can do to a kids mind and how it affects them even when they are adults, so hell yeah I would do something.  If not walk up to them and tell them to take their hands off the child and inform them that the cops are on the way and prevent them from leaving.
537910
The first step in protecting children from these types of people are the parents of said children. Making sure from the 'get-go' that there is open comunication between the children and parents. There are no secrets between them.\n You have to build a strong trust with your children.\n Where they can come and talk to you about ANYTHING.\n There is probly no more of it going on now as was 40 years ago.\n But now you have the world media reporting every case that comes up.\n So if you live in "No-Where Idaho.On the TV you will hear of cases in Florida, New York, even in Asia.\n It seems that ALL of society is going into the waste basket.\n Where in reality...how many have you heard about happening in your local?\n  If it has happened in your local? Ask this. \n What did  the parent/guardians do,or did not do, to possibly prevent it? What social upbringing did the child get? Was this child taught to be leary of strangers? Or question the demands of a family friend or relative?\n One way is to teach the children NO ONE can/should touch them where their underwear or swimsuit covers. Except maybe a doctor. And that is with a parent present.\n Now that the laws have focused on this crime more then what was 40 years ago. And they get stricter and stricter each time.\n Has anyone noticed that more and more victims are turning up dead? Instead of being alive to eventually report it?\n Think about it... This guy rapes a child. Left alive. This kid can send him to prison...for-sure.\n Now if he kills the child? \n1: Gets rid of the primary witness against him.\n2: If he does get caught,tried and convicted?\n    He goes to prison on the murder charge. Which means death row and solitary confinement. Instead of into the gerneral prison population where he will probly be killed anyway but in a slow and tortured way.\n There are some that say "Yes". "That way we know our children are safe." Yes safe,for now, from the ones in prison.\n But what about the ones possibly living in your neighborhood that have not been caught yet.? Or possibly the one that just moved into the house next door? Or the new spouse of your sister or brother. Or if you are divorced with children. What about your new spouse?\n Our children will never be safe if you depend on the system and it's laws to do it. Laws are made to deal with a crime after it was commited. Not prevent it.\n It is up to you as a parent or guardian to do the extra effort to prevent  anything like this from happening to your children.\n All the prevention is in your hands. No one elses.
205522
Sorry, I'm not a liberal and don't have an answer, but I just had to chime in and commend you on your brilliant question!\n\nNot that I would wish this on anyone, but I think life brings on a new perspective if you're the relative of someone who was raped or murdered.  It's easy to "arm chair" analyize without ever having been personally affected by what's going on.
525744
Because they have committed horrific crimes. They have demonstrated that they are not fit to live. There will always be issues as to who does & doesn't deserve this ultimate penalty. I think anyone who rapes and murders deserves death. Those who do this to children, I'll volunteer to throw the switch myself.
420546
I know I will get a lot of slack for this, but I think it all stems from how they are raised. Parents don't believe in spanking anymore.\n\nI was spanked and knew from the beginning of knowing that there are consequences to any actions. Children who are not spanked have no fear of anything they do. They will just get a time out or spoken to.\n\nI have seen it from a child to a man. A family member of mine was raised without punishment of almost any kind. I used to tell his mother he would end up in jail for this. And where is he now at age 21? You guessed it.\n\nHis whole life, he did whatever and never had consequences. This makes children believe they can get away with anything really and not have to face what they have done. Now this person has to face what he has done.\n\nI told her when he was little and smart mouthing everyone that he would never hold down a job because a boss will not take mouth back. He did not make it through school because he would not listen to teachers and always had smart remarks. His mother blamed that on the teachers. Yes, every teacher he had was bullying him. He did nothing wrong.\n\nWhatever PEOPLE, children cannot just be told something and be expected to understand. They have to be shown they have done a wrong thing.\n\nOh no, parents don't want to be feared. They think spanking teaches the child to hit. Whatever. These parents are ruining the future of their children's lives.
176255
More states need it. Oh my gosh too much of it is going on. When I moved out here to Arizona in 1982, a little girl was going to have breakfast with her father and she went out to look for her cat and her father found her in the desert dead. Someone had raped and killed her. \n\nIt is beyond me how anyone can hurt a child and it just infuriates me. There are so many sickos and a lot of them are here on the internet as well.  I nicely asked that these kids do not give their e mails out and I have left messages for girls who are desperately looking for a boy to chat with. \n\nI just keep my fingers crossed that this law spreads. Before putting the suckers to death, they should take an electronic knife and NIP HIM RIGHT IN THE BUD!! \n\nKids cannot even walk to school and feel safe anymore. \nThey deserve to be safe.
410778
Many ways...But it has been known to make the girl have a difficault time with trust and comitment issues...especially with the gender of the one who did the abusing. They sometimes assume that everyone wants to take advantage of them. If you are a victim, get help and expose the culprit!
590422
I believe people are inherently evil. When bringing up a child, you do NOT have to teach them to be bad, they already know that. But you sure do have to teach them to be good! interesting, I think!
355135
The justice system is so royally screwed up that I sometimes wonder if we might even be better off without one at all.\n\nAs someone who was abused by a sexual offender in the past, I would love to know why the accused offenders are getting more sympathy than the victims? That's no different than how the system currently works. Some officials won't believe a kid no matter what they say so the offender is never tried for their crimes and continues to do it.
537574
Depends on what they did.  If it is sex with a young child, you bet.  Remember all of those high profile kidnappings and murders were repeat offenders.
341947
sadly, most abused people are ashamed and try to hide it so finding the truth can be impossible. If it's a child ... don't hesitate and call child protection in your area a.s.a.p.. If it's an adult, stay a friend just keep your eyes and ears open. look for signs (read up on the internet) , look for opportunities to get your friend engaged in conversations where they trust you and comfortable opening up. Be very very cautious not to come off as judgemental. If you are asking this then you are a caring person and you will know what to do when the opportunity presents itself.