Comments on: What does the “crackdown on child pornography” accomplish? http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/15/what-does-the-crackdown-on-child-pornography-accomplish/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/15/what-does-the-crackdown-on-child-pornography-accomplish/comment-page-1/#comment-38631 Jill Miller Zimon Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:19:53 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/15/what-does-the-crackdown-on-child-pornography-accomplish/#comment-38631 I agree that rescuing and protecting has to be the top priority in regard to child pornography and molestation. This is the sociologist in me speaking that I want to see the breeding ground - whatever elements are there and wherever they are - dismantled and extinguished as best as possible. Massachusetts and Arizona, for a while, were putting money into prevention programs for young potential sex offenders and it is admittedly an extremely difficult population to identify before any acts occur under circumstances that rise to the level that law enforcement or people in a position to report. I'm just saying, we almost never read about the other efforts - it seems to me as though we only hear about the after-the-fact efforts with law enforcement. It's been a long peeve of mine that we just can't legislate behavior - the bulk of people who view child pornography aren't going to stop because it's illegal - they are doing it now, they've found other places. It just seems logical to me to ALSO try to find a way to extinguish whatever it is that gives rise to the desire in the first place. Thanks for commenting - I do understand the priority. I'm just blathering about something I notice all the time in terms of our focus on behavior and its consequences when it comes to laws. I agree that rescuing and protecting has to be the top priority in regard to child pornography and molestation. This is the sociologist in me speaking that I want to see the breeding ground – whatever elements are there and wherever they are – dismantled and extinguished as best as possible. Massachusetts and Arizona, for a while, were putting money into prevention programs for young potential sex offenders and it is admittedly an extremely difficult population to identify before any acts occur under circumstances that rise to the level that law enforcement or people in a position to report.

I’m just saying, we almost never read about the other efforts – it seems to me as though we only hear about the after-the-fact efforts with law enforcement.

It’s been a long peeve of mine that we just can’t legislate behavior – the bulk of people who view child pornography aren’t going to stop because it’s illegal – they are doing it now, they’ve found other places. It just seems logical to me to ALSO try to find a way to extinguish whatever it is that gives rise to the desire in the first place.

Thanks for commenting – I do understand the priority. I’m just blathering about something I notice all the time in terms of our focus on behavior and its consequences when it comes to laws.

]]> By: Terry http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/15/what-does-the-crackdown-on-child-pornography-accomplish/comment-page-1/#comment-38622 Terry Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:45:26 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/15/what-does-the-crackdown-on-child-pornography-accomplish/#comment-38622 I see your point, Jill, but we can't lose sight of the fact that very real children are being raped on film to produce that child pornography. Rescuing and protecting them has got to be the first priority, and prosecution is what it takes to do that, at all levels. Those who watch it just create a market for children's pain and horror. I see your point, Jill, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that very real children are being raped on film to produce that child pornography. Rescuing and protecting them has got to be the first priority, and prosecution is what it takes to do that, at all levels. Those who watch it just create a market for children’s pain and horror.

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