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Exposed: The Harrowing Story of a Mother's Undercover Work with the FBI to Save Children from Internet Sex Predators  Think your child is safe surfing the Web? Think again, says R. Stephanie Good in this chilling expose and personal memoir about her efforts with the FBI to bust child sex predators. Posing as a young girl, Stephanie has helped the federal government catch everyone from common perverts to Fortune 1000 executives, even an executive from a children's cable television channel. Stephanie reveals the near-tragic personal story that compelled her into this harrowing career and takes readers on the hunt.Author: R. Stephanie Good Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Thomas Nelson (2007-04-03) ISBN: 1595550623 List Price: $24.99 Amazon Price: $2.49 Used Price: $0.45 Conversations With a Pedophile: In the Interest of our Children  In an effort to show parents how to protect their children from sexual predators Conversations with a Pedophile, through direct correspondence with a convicted pedophile, describes how victims are selected and preyed upon. Dr. Hammel-Zabin details ways to spot early warning signs of abuse and proves that the danger of pedophilia does not come from the stranger in the street offering gifts of candy. It's the nice boy next door, the distant relative, the sweet baby-sitter. It is also shown that our churches aren't safe havens. Nor are our schools or our Scout troops.Author: Amy Hammel-Zabin Hardcover: 237 pages Company: Barricade Books (2003-04-09) ISBN: 1569802475 List Price: $21.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $84.99 Inside the Mind of Sexual Offenders: Predatory Rapists, Pedophiles, and Criminal Profiles  This book is about sexual offenders. Not the ones on television or at your local movie theater. These are real violators engaged in compulsive criminally violent behavior including abduction, serial rape, sexual homicide, necrophilia, and other grotesque acts visited upon a vulnerable American population whose justice system fails to control. That is, this work departs from an antiseptic world of fiction for a frightening glimpse through the eyes of men, women, children who like cross-eyed creatures lurking on a different plane of existence see their wickedness through a mask of sanity. This work contains a full disclosure of three generations of incarcerated sexual offenders, from grandparents to their grandchildren, who committed the most horrendous acts towards others. In fact, there is no way of knowing how many victims this family assaulted, but in the final analysis there are specifics that you will come to understand about them that may change your point of view about that ultimate punishment available to us. The chapter on predatory pedophiles is a case study of three predators ranging in age from 17 to 52. It reveals the realities of pedophiles and explains why most pedophiles are rarely apprehended, and if they are, why they are eventually released from custody.Author: Dennis J. Stevens Paperback: 227 pages Company: AuthorHouse (2001-10-08) (2001-10-08) ISBN: 059520046X List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $9.00 Used Price: $9.34 Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders  What motivates sexual abusers? Why are so few caught? Drawing on the stories of abusers, Anna C. Salter shows that sexual predators use sophisticated deception techniques and rely on misconceptions surrounding them to evade discovery. Arguing that even the most knowledgeable among us can be fooled, Salter dispels the myths about sexual predators and gives us the tools to protect our families and ourselves. Author: Anna Salter Paperback: 288 pages Company: Basic Books (2004-03) (2004-03-30) ISBN: 0465071732 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $8.94 Used Price: $8.15 Say My Name (Harvard Perspectives in Fiction)  Mild-mannered newspaperman Stanley T. Branford plays by the rules. He worries about his children, about global warming, about being a good husband and father.Then Stanley comes home to find his daughter sitting at the computer in tears, stunned by a relentless slideshow of internet pornography. "What is all this, Daddy?" she cries as she runs from the house. By the time Stanley's wife gets home an hour later, his marriage is all but over. His bank accounts and credit cards have been hijacked by a faceless criminal who seems determined to destroy Stanley's life, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. By the next afternoon he is in state prison, framed in the theft of millions of dollars and unable to make bail. In less than 24 hours he has been abandoned by friends, family, and everyone he knows. Everyone but Amy Tuckerman, a young protege of his who has her own reasons for believing in his integrity. Steve Holt is the former fiction editor of the Harvard Advocate. Confessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl  Valerie Bernowski: broken-home princess, obsessive-compulsive perfectionist, and... Catholic school survivor? Valerie Bernowski hates her school, her plaid uniform skirt, and her flat feathered hair. She also hates being teased and called "polock" so much, she tells everyone she's Swedish. When Valerie finds out her parents are getting divorced her world turns upside down. She begins to rebel against the Catholic faith and the ones who push it on her; her mother, Sister Mary Angelina, and even Father "Fingers." Valerie's story begins in the mid-'80s, when new wave was big and the hairstyles were even bigger. Her tales unfold through intertwining chapters of flashbacks and present day reflections. Her bumpy road to self-discovery is paved with a cynical sense of humor, a longing for love, and a struggle to find faith. Will Valerie realize that in order to move forward, she needs to let go of the pain of the past and the fear of her future? Find out in CONFESSIONS OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRL Author: Michelle Kane Paperback: 188 pages Company: Outskirts Press (2007-01-02) ISBN: 1598009052 List Price: $11.95 Amazon Price: $8.88 Used Price: $9.96 The Swimsuit Lesson  The Swimsuit Lesson is a powerful family resource - introducing a simple, yet effective way for parents to educate their children about the danger of sexual abuse. This beautifully illustrated story book includes a separate step-by-step parent's guide. Author, and police officer, Jon Holsten provides a realistic view of the danger facing children today, and what families can do to reduce chances of being victimized.Hardcover: 40 pages Illustrated Company: Holsten Books (2006) ISBN: 0976973006 List Price: Amazon Price: $15.99 Used Price: $15.98 Tell Me That You Like It  "This was his art - painting with her blood." Young Maggie Harris has no delusions regarding the existence of monsters. She knows they are real. She knows they sneak up and grab you before you know they are there. She knows because it happened to her. After five years of captivity, Maggie is returned. Her family and the entire community are then plunged into the nightmare world of child prostitution and pornography. As investigators struggle to apprehend those responsible, they follow the trail of a madman, who leaves grisly clues and bodies in his wake. Can Maggie ever really be free?Author: Terre J. Sadler Paperback: 292 pages Company: Outskirts Press (2006-04-26) ISBN: 1598004743 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $12.55 Used Price: $12.25 Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis  This volume takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of the issue of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. From the first rumblings to today's headlines, Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and, above all, even-handed account that not only puts this particular crisis in perspective, but offers an eye-opening look at the way in which an issue takes hold of the popular imagination. Jenkins reassures us about our local clergy, but also delivers a disturbing message about how vulnerable we are to the news media. Meticulously documented and dispassionately argued, this volume marks a watershed in the discussion of an issue of enormous current interest, one that will not disappear from the headlines any time soon.Author: Philip Jenkins Paperback: 224 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2001-05-17) ISBN: 0195145976 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $3.20 Used Price: $3.25 How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers  The Internet has transformed the way people research, shop, conduct business, and communicate. But the Internet and technologies that enable online interaction and access to a variety of content can be a perilous place for minors 8 to 18. The dangers are real, and parents and teachers today are confronted with many threats they simply do not understand. This book shares the risks of the Internet by detailing recent, real-world tragedies and revealing some of the secrets of online activities. It provides a pragmatic approach to help parents and teachers protect children against the threats of going online. Parents and teachers are often ill-equipped to deal with the variety of devices and applications such as email, instant messaging, browsing, blogs, cell phones, and personal digital assistant devices (PDAs) that can facilitate the dangers lurking online. How to Protect Your Children on the Internet offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which youth use such technologies and exposes the risks they represent. At the same time, it provides a roadmap that will enable parents and teachers to become more engaged in children's online activities, arming them with techniques and tips to help protect their children. Smith underscores his arguments through chilling, real-life stories, revealing approaches people are using to deceive and to conceal their activities online. Filled with practical advice and recommendations, his book is indispensable to anyone who uses the Internet and related technologies, and especially to those charged with keeping children safe.Author: Gregory S. Smith Hardcover: 216 pages Company: Praeger Publishers (2007-08-30) ISBN: 0275994724 List Price: $44.95 Amazon Price: $30.49 Used Price: $26.54 |