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Show COUNTY images that we see,” Perry said. CONTINUED FROM A1 As a prosecutor, he does not see the great magnitude of images that are collected, he said. The investigators do. And they are safeguarded by the and look around, Perry said. It could be anyone. “We've had PhD college professors, doctors, CEQs, 21-year-old sexual/social misfits, blue collar works...” he said. Not just the typical odd-looking men in raincoats. The widespread technology of the Internet has driven a once obscure society of sex criminals out into the open and, through its convenience and anonymity, lured others to mingle there as well. On the Web, child pornographers traffic in enormous proportions. Those who view child pornography tend to collect it — and massively — meaning hundreds, sometimes thousands of images, Perry said. “The folks that we are arresting and prosecuting do not seem to be satisfied with ten favorite pictures. They prize them,” he said. FBI every six months, simultaneously checked out by psychologists and organized into self-monitoring professional teams. “Every time we find that someone is being affected, they are removed,” Perry said. “Most of the kids that we see as victims or almost victims do not have the greatest relationship with their parents.” _After the images no longer serve as evidence, they are destroyed, he said. Chances are 35 percent to 40 per- cent of people who deal in child pornography will try to act on their “They usually think that they are meeting a friend,” he said. An end to the epidemic “Absolutely, people have done it,” said Dean Barley, PhD licensed psychologist. In the same way people break other bad habits, people can overcome an obsession with pornography, he said. We all have’ needs, he said. Those who turn to pornography have unmet needs — for love, for control, for security or other similar feelings — that becomes anxiety, shame or depression, which creates a desire for an outlet like pornography. “Tf they find other ways to meet their needs, then pornography would lose its power,” he said. That motivation must be redirected, he said, through “a lot of practice” and, depending on the severity of the individual problem, professional help. For JASON PERRY TASK FORCE PROSECUTOR. AS victims, Internet Crimes Against Children awaits, fully equipped with the ability to take on an abused child’s cause. . “Don’t try to figure it out yourself. Get a hold of police or Internet Crimes Against Children,” Rhoades said. “They are so geared to handle it.” fantasies, according to a U.S. Postal “Most of the kids that we see as Victims will be asked the day Service Inspection report. “These people can get addicted to this, and whey they do, it leads to victims or almost victims do not have the greatest relationship with their parents,” he said. In an ICAC presentation in Wasatch County Thursday, a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl was snared by sexual invitations from a 42-year-old man within 10 minutes, said Heber City Chief of Police Edward Rhoades. A pedophile may have seven or approached, the name or Internet ID desensitization,” Victor Cline, emeri- tus professor of the University of Utah psychology department, told the Deseret News. “After a while; what was shocking and upsetting becomes _ acceptable. They escalate and they start searching out stuff that’s more rough and bold. Sooner or later, they start to act out.” eight conversations The human toll “It’s difficult, well, impossible for any medium to accurately depict the going on at one time, Perry said, fighting like carp to bite on a line, sending children images that desensitize them and make them curious, inviting them to meet and experiment. of the perpetrator, information | horribleness and the depravity of the PORN COURIER about Tree WASATCH ~ the Web site and “what basically happened,” he said. But Perry hopes that the problem for many kids could be solved before it gets started — by the parents. “They are ultimately responsible for how their computers are used by their kids,” he said. Parents need to talk to children about the dangers of the Internet, keep computers out of bedrooms and in family rooms or dens where other people peripherally moni- tor, he said. Where curiosity is not dangerous. “ire ie - 938 N. 1050 E. $335,0 PREVIEWS EXCEPTIONAL PROPERTY 1685 E. 1950 N Valley Hil s Blvd. $249,900 50 N. $189,900 ion. 5 acre io #6. $180,00 Price Reduced 00 PRICE REDUCED | 9,900 PRICE REDUCED 9. 900 PRICE REDUCED _ 500 PRICE REDUCED — $239,900 prenreeibener Ht hls JUNE 6, 2001 |