On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:39:28 -0800, Ghost <night@shade.com> wrote:
I am really enjoying the "fruits of your labors." Okay, maybe it's a
bad pun, but it's a true sentiment. It's obvious you have quite a
talent with these programs and art styles. And you have pretty good
taste, too -- going by your subject matter!
I think if I had that kind of talent, one of the things I'd really
want to do is to illustrate the Brewster Brothers stories! Hell, if I
were good in any kind of illustration arts, I'd like to do that!
Anyway, thanks for all the great pix -- and I always look forward to
the next post. Anxious for the ones I've just marked to download!
Love,
Steve
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Experts question links between images, assaults
Courts seeing increase in complaints, reports
By Rick Foster
The Sun Chronicle, Massachusetts, USA: 24 June 2009
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2009/06/24/news/5185770.txt
Merely viewing child pornography is not necessarily a precursor to
child sexual abuse, available research indicates.
Nonetheless, child pornography charges against North Attleboro High
School swim coach Timothy Kelly are part of an increasing volume of
complaints reaching the attention of investigators and courts.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children currently
receives about 2,500 tips a month concerning child porn, about half of
which come from Internet service providers mandated to report such
cases, spokesman John Sheehan said.
The center passes the reports on to law enforcement agencies such as
the the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a group that
includes Massachusetts State Police and local police departments.
However, simply viewing child pornography might not spur someone to
commit sexual crimes against children, Sheehan said. But those who are
eventually arrested for such offenses frequently are found to be in
possession of child pornography. A 2006 article in the magazine
"Science Daily" cited uncertain links between the viewing of
pornography and the commission of sexual crimes, based on available
research.
The article, which quoted University of California Davis Associate
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Dr. Charles L. Scott, said two
federally commissioned studies during the 1970s and 1980s failed to
find a strong correlation between viewing erotica and acting out
sexually.
A 2004 paper written for the organization End Child Prostitution and
Trafficking cited "considerable controversy" over the likelihood of a
person committing sex crimes based on having viewed pictures of
children committing sex acts.
Author Margaret Healey said some social scientists and law enforcers
consider pornography a precursor to other sex crimes, while others
believe pornography might actually act as a safety valve that diverts
some people from committing sexual offenses.
Whether viewing pornography incites some people to sexual abuse, few
contend that possessing child pornography is a victimless crime.
According to the ECPAT paper, effects on children who are photographed
or filmed in the commission of illicit sex acts can range from
"physical symptoms and illnesses, emotional withdrawal, anti-social
behavior, mood swings, depression, fear and anxiety."
Children who are sexually abused or exploited might also be at high
risk of becoming perpetrators or abusers themselves, the paper said.
Anyone who is aware of child victimization can report their suspicions
to www.cybertipline.com, Sheehan said.
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