Hooked on Dateline's "To catch a predator"...?

Question

Okay, here is a serious question about the show. I find myself asking what is becoming a difficult question to answer for family and friends, so I'll ask it here.

Do you think that there have always been this many child molesters out there?

Before computers and chat rooms, I assume these guys hung around playgrounds or something? Has the internet "created" more of these people by virtue of the ease of "anonomous" contact or has the ease of contact just brought them out of the woodwork?

If there were no internet chat rooms - would there be as many cases of these pedophiles attempting to have sex with children?

I'm just really surprised at the number of people getting busted for stuff like this - have this many of them always existed or has the "availability" through the internet caused some who normally would not have thought about this, attempt it?

There is no "right or wrong" answer - I'm just wondering if you think that this many sickko's have always existed?

Answer 1

Yes I think they has always been a lot of sick-o's out there.
I do think that the Internet has made it easier for these sex offenders to prey on young people.
That is why it has become so easy for them to get caught.
Like "To catch a predator".

I watch that show too. It seems like they catch more older guys than younger ones.. So I wonder how long those older guys have been doing it, and how many victims they have had before they got caught..

Its sick.... Glad they are able to catch more of them now and lock them up....

Can you imagine the humiliation of them being put on TV?
(for the family)

~faith