It has been my observation that Child Pornography has been the "red-headed" stepchild of both the justice system and the supporters of those who have been arrested, convicted or involved in this horrific crime.
Confessing that I derive my opinions from various forums, groups and newspaper articles, it "appears" that this crime and the people who indulge in it have a myriad of reasons for doing so.
What is enlightening are those "family members" responses to a loved ones entanglement in this insidious mess. After the initial shock of a swat team knocks on the door wears off, the full force of the "system" hits them in the face and like clockwork the "minimizing" begins to take on a life of its own. "How do I explain this to my immediate family? What will I say to the neighbors who witnessed my "son" or "husband" who was hauled away in handcuff's? The wheels start spinning and the mad dash to "bring him home" begins to take on a life of its own. That first collect call from the arrestee sets in motion a firestorm of activity that is always prefaced by " I don't know how that got on my computer" "It's all a mistake", " I didn't do this" and a hundred other feeble, desperate excuses to placate the person responsible for securing bail and ultimately release.
Now my personal opinion is that those who indulge in this type of crime are not that bright. Oh they may have PHD's be CEO's but overall in this day and age one has to be relatively stupid and very self centered to engage in this activity. Even with todays standards of technology the risk is unacceptable. It has been determined that LE only catches a small percentage of CP viewers, processors and distributors, but WHEN THEY DO and take the time to knock on one's door with a warrant, there is no "accidently downloaded" anything, despite what the immediate family wants to believe.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
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I have also observed from reading stories from immediate family members that often the "entire story" is not disclosed into well after the arrest. The state takes its sweet time doing the forensics and when the final charges are tallied up, its another "hit in the gut" for family members. I have often read where the wives, mothers and other interested parties have some distorted vision that the images were actually some 22 year old dressed up like a middle schooler in a Catholic uniform only to find out the cold hard truth that the images were 6,7,8 year olds being brutally raped or "tenderly" (choke) molested by some 40,50 or 60 year old in all of its slow horrendous graphic detail.
By then the family is invested with the attorney, the system and all the other details of the arrest and has no choice but to suck it up with a few choice arguments, shallow promises by the arrestee and the reality that the entire relationship has been based on a lie. If children are involved the methodical, painful recollections of each interaction, each time the person was left alone with the child starts to envelope the brain with a panicked doubt and fear. But inevitably when those "doubts" rear their head, the promises, the denials are "practiced" and once again, placate the injured party. After a while, the arrestee decides he is tired of placating, becomes defensive, antagonistic and angry if the subject is brought up again. It now becomes the "families" fault. The pressures of being the provider, the pressures of the job, pressures of mortgage and utilities Pressure, Pressure, Pressure ..
I have to interject one important caveat to this subject .. The arrestee will USE the same scenario of "excuses" when molesting their own children and or step children. I have written my observations on that crime previously on this blog.
Smarter persons than myself have concluded that CP is often not an island unto itself. It is often used as an exhilarant Prior to committing a "live" crime and or is used to "relive" a live crime. The ages of the children, length of time the person engaged and the amount of pornography confiscated are HUGE indicators of of those arrested have "live bodies" under their belts.
These factors being disclosed as I stated earlier often are not Known to the injured parties at the time of the arrest. Subsequently "choices" made in the initial days of arrest, may not have been the same "choices" if all the details of the crime(s) were initially exposed to the light of day..
As I "observe" stories by "injured parties" not to be confused with "victims" it becomes a pattern for these mothers, wives etc. to distance themselves from the actual heinousness of the crime itself.
Perhaps its a self defense mode these people go into to rationalize their "choices" to stay with the offender.
Perhaps it is a self esteem issue that keeps them aligned with the offender. Maybe sheer fear of their lack of ability to maintain a family unit comes into play? Early "investment" into the offender after arrest seems to be an overwhelming "excuse" to defend the offender to family members and friends even if the injured party decides its not in her best interest. I use "her" due to the most common scenario.
Often I read where the wife, spouse, mother or girlfriend had "abuse" issues prior to the relationship that were never fully resolved or dealt with. So they rationalize they "survived" it and so can the "victims" of their significant other. The last being "COMMON, VERY COMMON" and the one I have the least tolerance for.
I'll just leave this right here for you....
http://www.fedbar.org/Federal-Lawyer-Magazine/2010/The-Federal-Lawyer-September-2010/Columns/At-Sidebar-The-Porn-Star-Who-Saved-Our-Client.aspx?FT=.pdf
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