LANSING, MI— A new call-in system for reporting abuse and neglect debuts Monday in Michigan, another step toward compliance with a court-ordered mandate for the state to improve conditions for children needing protective services. The new system establishes a single phone number statewide for reporting abuse or neglect related to children and adults. The number will be staffed around-the-clock, including weekends and holidays. Decisions on whether to investigate a child abuse case are expected to be made on the spot, no matter what time of day or night, before being directly referred to county-level child protective services staff. The new statewide phone number for reporting abuse and neglect is 1-855-444-3911. READ MORE HERE

CHILD MOLESTER: A little girl is attacked by a child molester while cutting through a back alley. This segment was taken from Episode 107 which aired October 17, 1989 on CBS. However, this segment was not seen on the original broadcast because the episode was interrupted by coverage of the Loma Pietra earthquake.

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The very laws being pushed by politicians are not working, will not work to prevent crime or protect anybody. They are human rights violations and unconstitutional. Any good, decent lawyer could see that. So where are those who claim to be constitutional experts and defend human/civil rights? READ MORE HERE

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PROFILE & CHARACTERISTICS OF A SEX OFFENDER

AMERICA’S SEX OFFENDER CRISIS:

SECRET LIFE:

The Story of a Child Sex Offender

Charlie is white, middle class and a child sex offender. And though he’s served his sentence, by his own admission, he continues to pose a significant danger to children. When the rehabilitation center he has elected to attend is shut down, he is cast adrift in the local community, without guidance or psychological treatment, to struggle alone with his compulsion to re-offend. Written after the closure of the last rehabilitation centre for child sex offenders in the UK, Secret Life is a difficult and powerful feature-length drama that seeks to explore how children can be safeguarded from convicted child sex offenders. And which questions the lack of effective measures in place to prevent them from re-offending.

May be in L.A., the FBI says

The FBI was alerting the public Thursday about a fugitive wanted on five counts of child rape who may be in Los Angeles. The bureau is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of John Joseph Hartin, a Dorchester, Mass., resident who has been on the run for 18 years. He has family and friends in Los Angeles, the FBI said.  READ MORE HERE

A 3-year-old girl from America’s northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and her boyfriend locked the girls inside a bedroom with a window open to temperatures of 30 degrees below zero because the girls had wet their beds, authorities said. The mother, 28-year-old elementary teacher Esther G. Edwards-Gust, was apparently on the lam Saturday, a day after she and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Richard Tilden Jr., were indicted in the child’s death. Tilden was in custody. READ MORE HERE

A Cobb County middle school principal and counselor were arrested for allegedly failing to report a student’s abuse claims to police. Jerry Wright Dority, who was principal at Tapp Middle School in Powder Springs, and a counselor, Yatta Lynnette Collins, were both arrested Thursday morning and booked into the Cobb County jail, booking records show. The two have been placed on administrative leave, a school district spokesman said. READ MORE HERE

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The evidence is mounting on the devastating affects of childhood abuse and neglect. In a newly released report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the average cost to someone who experiences maltreatment as a child — defined as physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse or neglect — is $210,012 over the course of a lifetime. According to the report, the figure represents the combined costs of child welfare, special education, criminal justice expenses, medical care and lost productivity as an adult. READ MORE HERE

The Wisconsin state Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services and Revenue will hold a hearing today on a bill authored by state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) that would force the sate to say that “nonmarital parenthood” contributes to child abuse and neglect, and distribute official literature saying as much. His legislationwould add the bolded portions to Wisconsin state law:

Section 1. 48.982 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 2. Promote statewide educational and public awareness campaigns and materials for the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect. In promoting those campaigns and materials, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.

Section 2. 48.982 (2) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 4. Disseminate information about the problems of and methods of preventing child abuse and neglect to the public and to organizations concerned with those problems. In disseminating that information, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.

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LONG BEACH – A Long Beach couple pleaded no contest Friday to charges of felony child abuse in the beating death of their 31-day-old baby. Melissa Swanson, 42, and Michael Cross, 34, each pleaded to a single count of felony child abuse causing death as well as an allegation that each personally used a weapon in the Aug. 11 slaying of their daughter, Michaela Cross. Deputy District Attorney Carol Rose included the personal use of a weapon allegation based on the Coroner’s ruling that the baby was slammed or swung into a hard object with such force it caused a massive and deadly skull fracture. READ MORE HERE

MONTICELLO, AR – Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police have arrested a Drew County couple accused of child abuse and the death of a two-year-old girl. Daniel Pedraza, 23, and Victoria Pedraza, 21, are charged with capital felony murder. The girl, Aubriana Coke, is the biological child of Victoria Pedraza. READ MORE HERE

According to Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober,  Capital Murder and Permitting Abuse to a Minor charges were listed as the initial charges filed against the mother and step-father of a local 2 year old infant, who died Monday morning. Victoria Pedraza and Daniel Pedraza of Old HWY 13 were arrested at Stephenson-Dearman funeral home, after the family visitation, on felony arrest warrants last night, for the death of their child, Aubriana D. Coke. READ MORE HERE

A three-year-old boy almost died of starvation after being allegedly put in a freezing “punishment cell” at home where he was so hungry he ripped out his own hair and ate them, a UK court has heard. The Daily Mail reports that the parents of the child have been jailed for keeping him in a tiny room with no lights, heating or food. Mother Lisa Brooks, 25, and stepfather Tomas Lewis, 22 are alleged to have taken camera phone footage of the boy in the room.  READ MORE HERE