Question

Please re write and re-organize the essay. Feel free to change the words. I just need 750 words.

Sexual predators and sex offenders are, as unfortunate as it is to say, nothing new. However, with the dawn of the internet and extensive social platforms in which everyone from the age 3-103 can interact on, new concerns about adolescents’ safety have emerged. The internet has brought with it a new arena in which sex offenders can coerce and manipulate adolescents. Parents and children alike share very personal information on the internet that has been believed to make them vulnerable to sexual predators. Now pedophiles could network with a younger generation in a private manner which makes it easier to exploit them.

            In an effort to keep parents and younger people aware of the dangers of online social interaction, we are going to discuss some concrete tools in which we can implement in the name of information and safety. Symptoms of online vulnerability include risky behavior like interacting online with unknown people, having unknown people on a buddy/friend list, talking online to unknown people about sex, seeking pornography online, or being rude/nasty online. When an adolescent takes part in the before mentioned activities they put themselves at a higher risk of being victimized online. A person who is the most likely to take part in these behaviors are girls ages 15-17, homosexual boys, or boys questioning their sexuality, prior rape victims, children with absent parents, or abused children. The outcome or diagnosis of the risky behavior or symptoms is often statutory rape.

            When a child engages in the behaviors noted in the previous paragraph they often leave themselves open to statutory rape. The definition of statutory rape is when adolescents who are legally too young to consent to intercourse, are involved in nonforcible sex. It is a crime and each state have their own laws regarding what age a person can consent to sexual intercourse, the ages vary from 14-18. They are also known as age-of-consent laws and they constitute a very large portion of sex crimes against minors. Typically, internet-initiated sex crimes pursued to arrest involved adult offenders who are 10 or more years older than their victim. If a person engages in the risky behavior, for whatever reason, and then meets with this unknown person it is likely that they will be involved in a statutory rape legal situation (my prognosis.)

            The next stage is a prescription or establishing a norm. In New Jersey there are two statutory sexual abuse charges, endangering the welfare of children (2-4-degree crime depending on circumstances), and lewdness (4^th degree crime.) I didn't see anything regarding intent, but I would personally take the deontological approach and say that any intent to commit statutory rape or sexual exploitation of a minor would be punishable by law and therefor a crime. When it comes to children it isn't the outcome, but the mere thought or action itself that is ethically wrong, regardless of the consequences of the predators’ actions. I would argue that a lot of the consequences of sexual exploitation and misconduct are not evident until someone is older. This fact further supports my deontological approach, that the act itself is wrong. However, under some circumstances with older adolescents, I think degrees of crimes as appropriate, like New Jersey has. Statutory rape is a crime regardless of consent. I think a consequential approach in respect to severity of the crime and age of the child is warranted. Each case is unique and should be assigned a degree of severity based on details of the case and the effects on the victim. But regardless of outcome, it is still a punishable crime.

            To avoid these types of situations there are measures we can take to protect children. The reading suggests that efforts be focused on educating adolescents and less on parents. The reason for this is because, “The adolescents who tend to be the victims of internet-initiated sex crimes may not themselves be very receptive to the advice and supervision of parents. Moreover, some of the most vulnerable youths are alienated from their parents, victims of familial abuse...” (Finkelhor et al. 2008) If we educate adolescents on how to avoid and prevent these types of risky behaviors, as well as what to look for in the event they are a bystander or witness to someone else experiencing these things, than they know what to look for and to report it.

It hasn't been proven that posting personal information makes someone more vulnerable to sexual predators. The risky behaviors listed earlier are the ingredients to making someone more vulnerable so therefore we need to focus attention on the importance of online interactions on the internet and how it is what we say and what we do that can leave us vulnerable. Also, make talks about internet safety developmentally appropriate. Talks about sexual victimization can be discussed in a healthy way regarding overall healthy sexual development. Our reading suggests discussing issues of, “types of internet use and websites, risky situations youth may encounter online, and the practicing of refusal and resistance techniques” (Finkelhor et al. 2008) with younger adolescents. While older adolescents would benefit from knowledge of, “age-of-consent laws, the problems of relationships with older partners, the dangers of transmitting sexual pictures, and online grooming tactics used by sexual offenders.” (Finkelhor et al. 2008)    

            With technology changing faster than we can grasp, we need to keep the most vulnerable members of our society as safe as possible. By implementing laws and tactics mentioned above we can educate everyone on how to keep children safe from sexual harm. And while sex crimes against youth haven't increased because of the internet, it is a new way for predators to take advantage on our children. And it is our responsibility to be aware of the new dangers that come with using the internet and how we can best avoid them.

Answer 1

Sexual predators and sex offenders are, as unfortunate as it is to say, nothing new. However, with the dawn of the internet and extensive social platforms in which everyone from the age 3-103 can interact on, new concerns about adolescents’ safety have emerged. The internet has brought with it a new arena in which sex offenders can coerce and manipulate adolescents. Parents and children alike share very personal information on the internet that has been believed to make them vulnerable to sexual predators. Now pedophiles could network with a younger generation in a private manner which makes it easier to exploit them.

            In an effort to keep parents and younger people aware of the dangers of online social interaction, we are going to discuss some concrete tools in which we can implement in the name of information and safety. Symptoms of online vulnerability include risky behavior like interacting online with unknown people, having unknown people on a buddy/friend list, talking online to unknown people about sex, seeking pornography online, or being rude/nasty online. When an adolescent takes part in the before mentioned activities they put themselves at a higher risk of being victimized online. A person who is most likely to take part in these behaviors is girls aged between 15-17, homosexual boys, or boys questioning their sexuality, prior rape victims, children with absent parents, or abused children. The outcome or diagnosis of the risky behavior or symptoms is often statutory rape.

            When a child engages in the behaviors noted in the previous paragraph they often leave themselves open to statutory rape. The definition of statutory rape is when adolescents who are legally too young to consent to intercourse, are involved in nonforcible sex. It is a crime and each state have their own laws regarding what age a person can consent to sexual intercourse, the ages vary from 14-18. They are also known as age-of-consent laws and they constitute a very large portion of sex crimes against minors. Typically, Internet-initiated sex crimes that are pursued to arrest involved adult offenders who are 10 or more years older than their victim. If a person engages in the risky behavior, for whatever reason, and then meets with this unknown person it is likely that they will be involved in a statutory rape legal situation (my prognosis).

            The next stage is a prescription or establishing a norm. In New Jersey there are two statutory sexual abuse charges, endangering the welfare of children (2-4-degree crime depending on circumstances), and lewdness (4th-degree crime.) I didn't see anything regarding the intent, but I would personally take the deontological approach and say that any intent to commit statutory rape or sexual exploitation of a minor would be punishable by law and therefore a crime. When it comes to children it isn't the outcome, but the mere thought or action itself that is ethically wrong, regardless of the consequences of the predators’ actions. I would argue that a lot of the consequences of sexual exploitation and misconduct are not evident until someone is older. This fact further supports my deontological approach, that the act itself is wrong. However, under some circumstances with older adolescents, I think degrees of crimes as appropriate, like New Jersey, has. Statutory rape is a crime regardless of consent. I think a consequential approach in respect to severity of the crime and age of the child is warranted. Each case is unique and should be assigned a degree of severity based on details of the case and the effects on the victim. But regardless of the outcome, it is still a punishable crime.

            To avoid these types of situations there are measures we can take to protect children. The reading suggests that efforts be focused on educating adolescents and less on parents. The reason for this is because “The adolescents who tend to be the victims of Internet-initiated sex crimes may not themselves be very receptive to the advice and supervision of parents. Moreover, some of the most vulnerable youths are alienated from their parents, victims of familial abuse...” (Finkelhor et al. 2008) If we educate adolescents on how to avoid and prevent these types of risky behaviors, as well as what to look for in the event they are a bystander or witness to someone else experiencing these things, then they know what to look for and to report it.

It hasn't been proven that posting personal information makes someone more vulnerable to sexual predators. The risky behaviors listed earlier are the ingredients to making someone more vulnerable so therefore we need to focus attention on the importance of online interactions on the internet and how it is what we say and what we do that can leave us vulnerable. Also, make talks about internet safety developmentally appropriate. Talks about sexual victimization can be discussed in a healthy way regarding overall healthy sexual development. Our reading suggests discussing issues of, “types of internet users and websites, risky situations youth may encounter online, and the practicing of refusal and resistance techniques” (Finkelhor et al. 2008) with younger adolescents. While older adolescents would benefit from the knowledge of, “age-of-consent laws, the problems of relationships with older partners, the dangers of transmitting sexual pictures, and online grooming tactics used by sexual offenders.” (Finkelhor et al. 2008)    

            With technology changing faster than we can grasp, we need to keep the most vulnerable members of our society as safe as possible. By implementing laws and tactics mentioned above we can educate everyone on how to keep children safe from sexual harm. And while sex crimes against youth haven't increased because of the internet, it is a new way for predators to take advantage of our children. And it is our responsibility to be aware of the new dangers that come with using the internet and how we can best avoid them.

NOTE- I FOUND THIS ESSAY TO BE A VERY WELL WRITTEN ESSAY. EXCEPT FOR FEW GRAMMATICAL ERRORS THERE WAS NOTHING FOR ME TO IMPROVE IN IT. THE ORGANISATION AND FLOW ARE GOOD.