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Such measures are reactionary, but necessary when a child has been violated as Jetseta Gage was. Beyond that,
policymakers should focus their attention on helping families sustain stable environments that predators cant
permeate. Though all children are vulnerable to sexual exploitation, which seemingly has reached epidemic
proportions, poverty is a great risk factor for almost every destructive condition that might affect a child.
A key to curbing child abuse of all kinds sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse is found in
investing in families, beginning at a childs birth. That means adequately funding early-childhood education
initiatives, where children can thrive in a safe environment. It means adequately funding Medicaid. It means
investing in programs that help mothers and fathers become better parents.
Studies show that for every dollar spent on the treatment of child abuse in the United States, only a penny is
spent on its prevention. If resources are not invested in the prevention of child abuse in its various forms,
significantly greater amounts of money will be needed to treat the consequences that arise later in life, including
interpersonal difficulties, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and delinquency.
For all types of abuse, the goal of legislators should be to prevent it, not avenge it after the fact.
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Disturbing Trend in Child Sex Abuse Offences
New Zealand - Scoop - April 8 2005
By ECPAT
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00117.htm
Disturbing Trend in Child Sex Abuse Offences
Today the Department of Internal Affairs advised of the prosecution in Palmerston North of David Stuart Hartley
found guilty possessing over 4,500 of child pornography images on his computer. The images included girls as
young under two years old being sexually abused by men.
Hartley was sentenced to 10 months for this offence. Under New Zealand law the producing and trading in child
pornography was increased in February 2005 from 12 months to 10 years imprisonment. In the case of Hartley the
offences occurred prior to the new law being enacted.
Alan Bell, Director of ECPAT says The sentence of 10 months does not adequately reflect the seriousness of this
offence. It is hoped that in future the sentencing will properly reflect the recent changes in the legislation. There is a
strong linkage between possession of child pornography and child offending. In the interest of protecting our
children it is important that those breaking the law in regard to child pornography are dealt with strongly as a
deterrent to others.
Bell continues However perhaps the most disturbing element is the evidence collected over a period of time that
reveals the nature of child sex abuse cases are becoming more tragic.
In this case the fact that some of the images of girls being sexually abused by men were aged under two years.
People need to understand these images are of real children who have been abused and raped and had their
innocence ripped from them. Their images are now available forever and can never be retrieved. This means that in
a sense every time these images are viewed the child is once again violated
ECPAT is a not for profit agency set up to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. .
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Naron to serve 30 years
USA - The Daily Mississippian, MS - April 08, 2005
by Marti Covington
http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/08/42565f334ab5a
Former Oxford firefighter Carroll Reed Naron, 42, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in the state penitentiary,
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