$23 million bond set for teacher accused of ‘bondage’ photos of kids (NEWS)
Originally reported by CNN here: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/01/justice/california-teacher-bondage/?hpt=hp_t3 By Alan Duke 01/01/2012 Los Angeles (CNN) – Bond was set at $23 million Wednesday for a Los Angeles elementary school teacher who allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom — $1 million for each of the 23 counts he faces of lewd acts [...]
‘Sexting’ is related to teen group sex trend, says study (News)
Newsroom Jersey BY ADELE SAMMARCO Dec. 21, 2011 Teens having sex isn’t new, but according to researchers, teenagers who engage in group sex is an alarming new trend. A new study released by Boston University’s School of Public Health warns teen group sex is on the rise, where researchers found as many as 1 in [...]
Md. duct-tape rapist pleads guilty in 5th case; sentence adds 50 years to his prison term (News)
Washington Post Associated Press January 3, 2012 HAGERSTOWN, Md. — An acknowledged pornography addict convicted of four sexual assaults in two states pleaded guilty Tuesday to a fifth — the 1998 rape of a woman whose hands were bound with duct tape by a man hiding in her car. Cambodian immigrant Pov Srun, 40, is [...]
2 convicted in Fla. of filming rapes for porn (NEWS)
Two South Florida men are facing potential life prison sentences after they were convicted of filming rapes of women for sale as pornography. The Associated Press December 9, 2011 Find original article here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016972003_apusrapespornfilms.html?prmid=obinsource MIAMI — Two South Florida men are facing potential life prison sentences after they were convicted of filming rapes of women [...]
Pornography and Attitudes Supporting Violence Against Women: Revisiting the Relationship in Nonexperimental Studies (Research)
Gert Martin Hald, Neil M. Malamuth, and Carlin Yuen University of California, Los Angeles, California University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark New York University Law School, New York City, New York Abstract: In this study, we examined the unique contribution of pornography consumption to the longitudinal prediction of criminal recidivism in a sample of 341 child [...]
Developmental Pathways into Social and Sexual Deviance (Research)
By John A. Hunter, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Neil M. Malamuth Springer Science/Business Media, LLC 2009 Abstract: Path analysis was used to assess the contribution of four exogenous developmental variables (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, exposure to pornography— each occurring prior to age 13) and four personality constructs (“psychopathic and antagonistic attitudes,” “psychosocial deficits,” [...]
Two Men Convicted of Luring, Drugging, Raping Women for Porn (News)
Orlando Sentinel Dec. 7, 2011 By Wayne K. Roustan Two men, one a former police officer, were convicted in Miami federal court Wednesday of luring, drugging, raping and videotaping women to sell to pornography websites and stores, according to U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer. Lavont Flanders Jr., 40, of Miami Gardens, and Emerson “Jah-T” Callum, [...]
B.C. teen pleads guilty in rave viral video porn case (News)
National Post By Suzanne Fournier Dec 5, 2011 A teen, charged with making and distributing obscene material as well as child pornography, entered a surprise guilty plea Monday morning. Police say a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a field at a Sept. 10, 2010 outdoor rave in Pitt Meadows, B.C., while a group of [...]
Pornography’s Effects on Adults and Children (Research)
by Victor B. Cline, PhD (c) 2002 Abstract: Whether pornography has any significant harmful effects on consumers continues to be a controversial issue, not only for average citizens but also for behavioral scientists. Some social commentators claim that pornography is mainly a form of entertainment, possibly educational, sometimes sexually arousing, but essentially harmless. Or, [...]
Link Between Child Porn and Sex Abuse ‘frightening and powerful’ (Opinion)
Deseret News By Emiley Morgan Nov. 28, 2011 Samuel Seager doesn’t know whether it was child pornography that led him to sexually abuse his 12-year-old victim or not. “I think, for my case, it was coincidence that they both happened at the same time — but maybe not,” he said from the Duchesne County Jail. [...]
The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community (Research)
Abstract: Pornography is a visual representation of sexuality which distorts an individual’s concept of the nature of conjugal relations. This, in turn, alters both sexual attitudes and behavior. It is a major threat to marriage, to family, to children and to individual happiness. In undermining marriage it is one of the factors in undermining social [...]
First in Print: Fighting Pornography (News)
by Mike McManus Coldwater, Mich. —When Pat Trueman led the fight against obscenity for the Reagan and Bush I administrations, there were 120 convictions in five years. “All major pornographers were put out of business or put in jail,” he told the Maryland Coalition Against Pornography recently. However, there has not been any prosecution for [...]
First ‘extreme porn’ Court Case (News)
A man has been remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court accused of sex offences against a 15-year-old girl and possessing extreme pornography. Alan Moore, of Windslow Drive, Carrickfergus, is the first person in Northern Ireland to be charged under the new extreme pornography law. It was brought in after a campaign by a woman [...]
Baltimore video incident exposes lax attitudes towards porn (News)
Baltimore, Md.,- Lax law enforcement and a society desensitized to pornography may be partly to blame for the widespread “viral” distribution of a pornographic video of two Baltimore 14-year-olds filmed on school property, one expert says. “Widespread availability of pornography has created a voyeuristic society and those who consume porn are used to seeing others [...]
Bishop Urges Investors to Join the Fight Against Internet Porn (News)
A leading bishop last night urged people with shares in internet firms to confront them over their records on pornography. The Bishop of Bristol said his community had been rocked by the murder of Joanna Yeates in a sickening case that ‘no city on the planet’ should have to witness. The Rt Rev Mike Hill [...]
