online predators

Sergeant Mike Harris sits down to guide us through how online sex crimes against children has changed over the years, ways in which we can start having honest and prevention based conversations with the kids in our lives, and the impact that time and space has on how our stories develop. Believing a survivor is not just about believing their first out cry, it is knowing that their story will change and over time. It is our duty as the listener to continue to believe them through every adaptation, and Mike is here to ground us in how that reality tends to play out. 

Mike has been in law enforcement since 1979. He worked patrol SWAT, undercover narcotics, canine and in '91, he started working in crimes against children. In '96, he ventured into the online side of things and started using technology to lure sexual predators away from children online. He's been working as a detective against child online sex crimes for decades and was the creator of CHEEZO, a police unit focused on tracking predators, educating children on what to look out for and providing resources for parents.

Resources for Online Safety
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

https://protectyoungeyes.com/

In this episode, we speak with a woman whose life shattered after her husband was arrested on child sexual abuse materials charges.

Our episode on betrayal trauma: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/470c5860-2471-4c7f-aa6c-8acc54127f41

Our episode on Francesca's story: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/0503dc8a-994a-41a2-b6fd-cf2daf757e16

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About our Guests:

Dr. Lauren Shapiro

https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/lauren-r-shapiro-phd

Scott Wright

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottwright/

https://clickarmor.ca

Papers or resources mentioned in this episode:

Shapiro, L. R. (2022). Cyberpredators and Their Prey. CRC Press.

https://www.routledge.com/Cyberpredators-and-Their-Prey/Shapiro/p/book/9780367551698

Shapiro, L. R., & Maras, M. H. (2015). Multidisciplinary investigation of child maltreatment. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/875351759

Other:

To all my fellow Internuts,  try to take a few moments away from the screen to share the holiday period with the people around you, then you can get straight back on there :). 

We spoke to Beth Jackson of the National Children's Advocacy Center about how parents and guardians can speak to their children about online predators.

Check out the National Children's Advocacy Center and its resources here: https://www.nationalcac.org/

Here's the Common Sense media report that we cited in the introduction: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/8-18-census-integrated-report-final-web_0.pdf

Here are a few other resources that Beth shared with us:

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz

Connect Safely: www.connectsafely.org

Common Sense Media: www.commonsensemedia.org

Web Wise Kids: www.webwisekids.org

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Ugh. Online predators exist. It's gross, sad, inconvenient, and damaging to victims. In this episode, we talk about where these predators may hang out and how to prepare against them. 

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