A study analyzing recent arrests for possession or distribution of child sexual exploitation materials has put together a profile of those offenders most likely to be associated with higher education. According to the study, conducted by Lori Handrahan, child pornography offenders associated with higher education overwhelmingly tended to be white, male, and on the faculty.
Over half of the arrests and prosecutions for use of child pornography found that offenders were in leadership positions, and 30% had received institutional awards for professional excellence.
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A senior United Nations official is under investigation for allegedly trying to suppress a 'food-for-sex' scandal during a refugee crisis.
A number of charities were accused of exploiting victims, including enticing women to have sex with aid or money.
Democracy, anticipated by American and other Western powers to prevent economic chaos and political conflict within and among states, is not evolving as expected. This research argues that part of the failure resides in United States democracy assistance's inadequate consideration of gender within democracy programming.
Kyrgyzstan (also “Kyrgyz,” “Kirgizia,” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia. It borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast.
Education is a key element in shaping the worldview of the next generation and determines society's core values, ideology, and basic understanding of human rights. While Kyrgyzstan is a secular state, Islamic education, backed by Arab and Turkish sponsors, continues to increase in popularity with the construction of thousands of mosques and dozens of new Islamic educational institutions.
Democracy, anticipated by American and other Western powers to prevent economic chaos and political conflict within and among states, is not evolving as expected. Since 1991, Western governments have been providing large amounts of democratic assistance to the former Soviet Union, yet, few if any, of the recipient countries have developed into genuine democracies.
Domestic violence and abduction for forced marriage (bride-kidnapping) are pervasive forms of violence against women in Kyrgyzstan. Although statistics are not available, great numbers of women and girls in Kyrgyzstan have experienced these serious violations of their most fundamental human rights. The problems of domestic violence and abduction have long been neglected by government officials, and urgently need to be addressed.
Larry Nassar, a now former medical professor at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, has finally been held to account for the prolific crimes he committed against many children over decades. What is less discussed is his December 2016 arrest on federal child pornography charges. Nassar was trading in files called “pedo-vicky 10 yr old orgasm,” “pthc Sara,” and “pthc Kelly 13 young girl.” PTHC is pre-teen hard core— the brutal rape and torture of very young children.
Sexual Abuse is such an all-encompassing trauma that it can cause vicarious traumatization in those who study and write about it. On the 43rd day of my thesis-writing journey, I found myself intimidated by the nature and scope of my thesis’ topic and experiencing secondary traumatic stress from reading stories after stories of sexual abuse and its effect on the abused.
