Do you know how to protect yourself?
The Internet
can be a wonderful place full of
information, entertainment and
communication. But it can also be an
extremely dangerous place to be if you do
not know how to protect yourself.
Consider
these statistics:
- 1 in 5
children are sexually solicited or
approached over the Internet in a
one-year period of time.
Online
Victimization:A Report on the Nation's
Youth
- 20% of
violent offenders serving time in state
prisons reported having victimized a
child.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
- The
"ideal victim" is between 11-14 and has
exclusive use of a computer in a private
area.
Police
departments now have special divisions to
deal with internet crime. "Technophilia" is
a term used by police for "persons using the
computer to engage in sexual deviance." No
one wants to be the next victim or part of
the statistics. Learn how you can protect
yourself, your family and your friends.
from
Arlington Public Schools, Virginia
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