Criminal Investigations 9th Ed - Ch 11 - Crimes Against Children Flashcards
______ _______ can result in serious and permanent physical damage, mental damage, and emotional damage
Child abuse
• Most report of child abuse are made by
third parties
• Generally, it is better to interview the child in
private and in a small friendly place
Evidence in ____ ______ cases include the surroundings and their home conditions
child abuse
MSBP
stands for Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy
A chicken hawk is a
pedophile
A group of professionals from different law enforcement divisions who come together to prosecute a single case is referred to as a
law enforcement network
Failure to properly care for a child because of inhumane living quarters, inadequate food, and inadequate love or attention is best described as _______
neglect
refers to taking unfair advantage of children or using them illegally
Exploitation
_____ _____ has been identified as the leading cause of death for children in the United States.
Child Abuse
___________ is taking someone away by force
Kidnapping
• In most child abuse cases, children tell the truth to the best of their ability or lie about the situation
tell the truth to the best of their ability
In cases of ______ _______, the child’s description of the acts or experiences will probably not be normal for their age
sexual assault
Investigators should make use of the ___________ interview process with children
cognitive
• Pictures of ________ involving children should be taken quickly because children heal quickly
injuries
________ _______ or other sexually transmitted diseases are an indicator of possible child sexual abuse
Venereal disease (VD)
_______ ____________ is a highly developed and organized, multi-million dollar industry producing and distributing million of dollars of products
Child pornography
____________ are a good source of information when arresting an individual for child pornography
Computers
Childhood abuse is often associated with
delinquency
A __________ is the type of person that is most likely to be more dangerous to children, or even destroy a child
misoped
_________ ____________ is a brittle bone disease, which is a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, often from little or no apparent cause. It may be mistaken for child abuse
Osteogenesis imperfecta
______ often have had conflict with parents, alienation from them, rejection and hostile control, lack of warmth and lack affection and parental support.
Runaways
The drug production of _____________________ has become a major factor in the severity of child abuse and neglect, with many children testing positive for toxic levels of chemical in their bodies
methamphetamine
A child suffering from __________ ___________ has injuries that are self-induced or self-inflicted to seek attention or sympathy in an attempt to avoid something
Munchausen syndrome
The National _______ ______, a voluntary partnership between law enforcement and broadcasters, is a method to activate an urgent bulletin to alert the public in the most serious child abduction cases
Amber Alert
Physical and sexual abuse, regardless of the age of the victim, is also classified as a
violent crime
Child abuse and neglect can result in serious and permanent physical, mental, and emotional damage, as well as future…..
criminal behavior
____________ means to treat roughly or abuse
Maltreatment
The four common types of maltreatment are
o Neglect
o Physical abuse
o Emotional abuse
o Sexual abuse
_______ is the most common form of child maltreatment and may be fatal
Neglect
• During 2006, an estimated 3.3 million referrals involving the alleged maltreatment of approximately 6 million children were reported to _ _ _(nationally)
CPS
• In 2006, an estimated _____ children died because of child abuse or neglect
1,530
The two leading causes of child abuse are thought to be _____ and violence between husbands and wives
poverty
A ____________ _____ consist of professionals who work together to ensure an effective response to reports of child abuse and neglect
• A multidisciplinary team (MDT)
__________ _______ by proxy is a rare form of child abuse in which an adult intentionally makes a child ill to get attention
Munchausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome involves
SELFINDUCED or SELF-INFLICTED injuries in order to gain sympathy or to avoid something (test, school, etc)
is a diagnosis by exlusion and is the most frequently determined cause of sudden unexplained infant death (SUID).
• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
• SIDS is most common from
2 to 4 months of age
_______ is listed as the cause of death in the United States to 3,000 – 4,000 infants (annually)
• SIDS
Approximately _____ infants die annually due to child abuse / neglect
300
Habitual child sex abusers have been classified into three categories:
o Misoped
Hates children – Has sex with them and then brutally destroys them
o Hebephile
Selects high school age youth as his / her sex victim
o Pedophile
Most common
Has heterosexual or homosexual preference for young boys or girls of a specific, limited age range
Also referred to as a chicken hawk
Adults (at least 10-15 years older than their victims) are usually the dominant leader, organizers, and operators of
sex rings.
• There are three types of sex rings:
o Solo Sex Rings
The organization is primarily by the age of the child
• Toddlers (2-5)
• Prepubescent (6-12)
• Pubescent (13-17)
Keeps activities and photographs completely secret
o Transition Sex Rings
Experiences are exchanged
Photographs of children as well as sexual services may be traded or sold
o Syndicated Sex Rings Well structured organization Recruits children Produces pornography Delivers direct sexual services Establishes an extensive network of customers
__________reactions to being caught usually begin with complete denial and then progress to minimizing the acts, justifying the acts and blaming the victims. If all else fails, they may claim to be sick
Pedophiles’
The _____ __________ ___ prohibits child pornography and greatly increases the penalties for adults who engage in it
• The Child Protection Act (1984)
• Internet sex crimes against minors are categorized in three mutually exclusive groups:
o Internet crimes against identified victims
Production of child pornography committed against identified victims
o Internet solicitations to undercover law enforcement
o Possession of internet child pornography by offenders who do not use the internet to sexually exploit identified victims
___________ __________ addresses can help identify the location of an individual
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• The average age of entry into prostitution is __-__ year of age
12 – 14
The most frequent type of child abduction is
parental abduction
The ______ _____ _____ was created in the Dallas-Fort Worth region in 1996 in response to the death of 9 year old Amber Hagerman
Amber Alert Plan
