Sexual Predators : How to Recognize Them on the Internet and on the Street - How to Keep Your Kids Away

Introduction: They're Flooding the Internet 5 Chapter 1: Hooking Up 9 Chapter 2: How Sexual Predators Stalk Their Prey 25 Chapter 3: Selfishness, Desperation and Vanity 39 Chapter 4: Predators Like to Move Fast 51 Chapter 5: Predators Groom Their Victims 63 Chapter 6: Predators' Excuses 77 Chapter 7: Predators Don't Change Their Spots 87 Chapter 8: Chat Rooms and Instant Messaging 103 Chapter 9: Some Kids Invite Predators In 119 Chapter 10: Web Cameras and Other Devices 133 Chapter 11: The Internet Warps Kids' Perspectives 149 Chapter 12: Corporate Sponsorship of Child-Sex Chat Rooms 163 Chapter 13: How the Law Responds 175 Chapter 14: A Child's Diary of Being Attacked 185 Chapter 15: Child Pornography...and Legal Bureaucracy 195 Chapter 16: Protecting Kids from Themselves 209 Conclusion: Threats on the Horizon 225 Appendix: Abbreviation Key & Glossary 235 Index 245