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"Cyber Crime"

The statistics below were presented by Sargeant Paul Aleman  - Cyber Crimes Unit - Texas Attorney Generals Office

National Statistics:

  • Internet crime is the fastest growing crime in the United States and children are the fastest growing victim pool.

  • There is about 563,000 sex offenders registered in the United States.1

  • There is , on average, one child molester per square mile in the United States.

  • The average child molester victimizes between 50 and 150 kids before they are ever arrested.

  • The most common age at which sexual abuse begins is three.2

What are the risks online?

Internet Statistics

  • 20% of parents do not supervise their children's internet use at all.

  • 52% of parents moderately supervise their children's internet use.

  • 71% of parents stop supervising internet use by their children after the age of 14.

  • 72% of all internet related missing children cases involve children who are 15 years of age or older.

  • 62% of teens say their parents know little or nothing about the websites they visit.

Pornography on the Internet3

  • There are 4.2 MILLION pornographic websites

  • 100,000 websites offering child porn

  • Over 75% of online sexual solicitations of children and exposure to unwanted pornography is not reported to police or parents.

Sexual Solicitations4

  • Approximately 1 in 7 children received a sexual solicitation or approach.

  • 1 in 25 received an aggressive sexual solicitation such as arranging for a meeting, calling on telephone, sending them letters, etc.

  • 1 in 3 received unwanted exposure to pictures of nude people having sex in the last year.

  • 1 in 11 was threatened or harassed.

Online solicitation occurs 70% of the time at home. Other times it can occur at someone else's home, at school, or at a library.

Bibliography

1 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

2 Becker de, Gavin & Salter, Anna C. Ph.D. (2004). Predators: Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children.

3 Top Ten Reviews: "Internet Filter Review"

4 NCMEC Survey - Youth on the Internet (Ages 10-17)

 

 

 

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