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The Need for an Investigation of Child Sex Abuse Cases in Lake County

The Need for an Investigation of Child Sex Abuse Cases in Lake County. Prepared by Denise Rotheimer 3/5/2009 www.momsv.org. Child Sexual Abuse .

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The Need for an Investigation of Child Sex Abuse Cases in Lake County

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  1. The Need for an Investigation of Child Sex Abuse Cases in Lake County Prepared by Denise Rotheimer 3/5/2009 www.momsv.org

  2. Child Sexual Abuse • Child sexual abuse is the sexual exploitation or victimization of a child by an adult, adolescent, or older child. The difference in age and sexual knowledge between a child and an older person makes informed consent to sexual activity impossible. • Sexual abuse includes a range of behaviors, including vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, fondling, exhibitionism, prostitution, and photographing a child for pornography. The sexual activity does not necessarily involve force. Children are often bribed or verbally coerced into sexual acts.

  3. 2005 Sex Offender Registry Statistics in Lake County Registered Sex OffendersChild Sex Offenders 518 444 9 out of 10 registered sex offenders are child sex offenders

  4. Williams, Clarence L. Date of Birth: 5/29/1945 Victim age - 3 Convicted: 6/14/2002 Registered: 12/6/2002 Served six months in prison No Photo Deported: 1/24/2006 Philippines Cristobal, Villamor N. Date of Birth: 12/16/1961 Victim age - 6 Convicted: 11/19/2004 Registered: 1/10/2005 Served <2 months in Prison Predatory Criminal Sexual AssaultClass X Felony 6 to 30 year prison term

  5. Long, Gary L. Date of Birth: 9/18/1953 Victim age - 5 Convicted: 3/26/1996 Registered: 7/19/2001 Served 5 years in prison York, Leander J. Date of Birth: 2/15/1982 Victim age - 5 Convicted: 1/24/2002 Registered: 1/25/2002 No prison Aggravated Criminal Sexual AssaultClass X Felony 6 to 30 year prison term

  6. Borowiec, John J. Date of Birth: 11/27/1943 Victim age - 6 Convicted: 1/29/2002 Registered: 1/31/2002 No prison Ayres, Gerald S. Date of Birth: 10/28/1962 Victim age- 9 Convicted: 5/12/2004 Registered: 5/13/2004 No prison Criminal Sexual AssaultClass 1 Felony 4 to 15 year prison term

  7. Mortensen, James A Date of Birth: 2/11/1985 Victim age 13—Bodily Harm Convicted: 7/28/2004 Registered: 7/29/2004 No Prison No Photo Deported: 12/29/2005 Honduras Zelaya, Pillo M. Date of Birth: 4/11/1959 Victim age - 5 Convicted: 6/29/2005 Registered: 7/7/2005 No Prison Aggravated Criminal Sexual AbuseClass 2 Felony 3 to 7 year prison term

  8. Too young for justiceNews SunFebruary 14, 2008 Marc Jenkins, “For three months, Lake County News-Sun reporters analyzed the outcomes of child sex offender cases among the county's 5,200 prosecuted felonies in 2006. “Of the 244 felony child sex offender cases which could have produced a maximum of 4,000 years in prison, the average sentence given a child sex offender in Lake County is just over two years.”

  9. Impact on the Victim The duration of sexual abuse affects the severity of psychological trauma. The following percentages of survivors called their abuse “extremely traumatic”: 73% whose abuse lasted more than 5 years, 62% whose abuse lasted 1 week to 5 years, and 46% who experienced one incident of abuse.

  10. Consequences of Sexual Assault • Substance Abuse • Self-Esteem Problems • Psychiatric Problems • Prostitution • Suicide • Teen Pregnancy • Eating Disorder • Homelessness • HIV Risk Factors

  11. Substance Abuse • As many as 75% of women in treatment for alcoholism report a history of incest or childhood sexual abuse. • In a study of males sexually abused as children, over 80% had a history of substance. • Victims of rape with post-traumatic stress disorder are 13.4 times more likely than non-victims to have major alcohol-related problems and 26 times more likely to have serious drug abuse problems.

  12. Self-Esteem Problems • Women with very poor self-esteem are four times as likely to have a history of childhood sexual abuse as other subjects.

  13. Psychiatric Problems • 50-60% of psychiatric inpatients and 40-60% of psychiatric outpatients report childhood histories of physical or sexual abuse. • An estimated 3.8 million adult women have had rape-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and an additional 211,000 will develop it each year.

  14. Prostitution • 60% of prostitutes have been sexually abused before the age of 16 by an average of two people for an average of 20 months. • Among children who were sexually abused, the odds are 27.7% times higher that they will be arrested for prostitution as an adult than non-victims.

  15. Suicide • Rape victims are 9 times more likely than non-victims to have attempted suicide. • In a study of males sexually abused as children, 50% had suicidal thoughts and 23% attempted suicide.

  16. Teen Pregnancy • 62% of pregnant or parenting adolescents had experienced contact molestation, attempted rape, or rape prior to their first pregnancy; between 11-20% of girls were pregnant as a direct result of sexual assault.

  17. Eating Disorders • Girls and boys who were sexually abused are significantly more likely to report eating disorders than their non-abused like gender peers. • In one study of women sexually abused as children, 63% had eating disorders.

  18. Homelessness • One study of homeless women found that 38% had a history of childhood sexual abuse; and 46% had a history of rape as an adult.

  19. HIV Risk Factors • There is a strong link between sexual abuse victimization early in life and involvement later in life in sexual behaviors that place women at risk for contracting HIV. • In one study, 65% of the HIV+ subjects had been sexually and/or physically abused in childhood.

  20. Costs of Violent Crime Violent crimes account for 1/3 of all crimes, but account for 95% of the total cost of crime. Most of the cost is attributable to the intangible costs of the victim’s pain, suffering and lost quality of life. About 12% of total mental health costs is spent on crime victims.

  21. Costs of Sexual Assault Rape is the most costly of all crimes to its victims. The cost for each sexual assault is 110,000; because many rape victims are subjected to more than one sexual assault, the cost per rape is estimated to be $87,000.

  22. Economic Costs of Sexual Assault It is impossible to assess the economic toll of sexual violence. Victims pay for sexual violence out of their own pockets, and the public pays through provision of services to victims and their significant others. Public and private funds are spent on crisis services, medical treatment, and the criminal justice responses. Workdays are lost because of injury and illness. Businesses lose money through employee absences and sexual harassment suits. The cost for offenders’ incarceration, probation, treatment and other offender services adds to the total cost of sexual assault.

  23. Rapists are more likely to be a serial criminal than a serial rapist • 46% of rapists who were released from prison were re-arrested within 3 years of their release for another crime. • 18.6% for a violent offense. • 14.8% for a property offense. • 11.2% for a drug offense. • 20.5% for a public-order offense.

  24. JUDICIAL BRANCH & CRIMINAL JUSTICE The County Board allocates $105.2 million, or 27% of its annual budget, toward law and judicial services. There are many county agencies that work to ensure our judicial system runs smoothly and efficiently.

  25. County Plays Role in Ending Cycle of Recidivism The county has put in place after-care and re-entry programs that provide treatment and intensive monitoring of offenders. Using a continuum of care approach, the county works closely with other agencies and social service providers to integrate services such as housing, employment, life skills coaching, and social support, in addition to treatment. Also, as the county sees a decrease in the number of jail days among these clients, it reduces costs. Nevertheless, jail overcrowding remains an issue and the county continues to evaluate alternatives. While the county has made progress enhancing criminal justice programs and exploring alternatives to incarceration, much more must still be done.

  26. Plea bargains perpetuate and accelerate the cycle of repeat abusiveness “Plea bargaining -- the procedure of trading quick convictions for lesser time in prison -- is the rule for virtually every category of crime in Lake County as it is in many Illinois counties, but nowhere is the practice more controversial than for sex crimes against children. “Lake County seems to aggressively pursue the arrest and conviction of those who sexually abuse children. But once predators get into the legal system, the punishment often does not fit the crime.” --Marc Jenkins Too young for justice

  27. Sex offender takes plea deal Daily Herald12/6/2008 “A convicted sex offender who went to a Round Lake Park school looking for his daughter pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Friday. “Gillermo Contreras, 45, was placed on probation for one year after pleading guilty to misdemeanor unlawful presence on school property. “He is not allowed to be at any school because he was convicted in 2001 of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.” --Tony Gordon

  28. Gurnee man gets 26 years for child molestingDaily Herald1/8/2009 “A Gurnee man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Thursday for molesting five children (between June 2005 and February of last year) and betraying the trust he worked hard to earn. “Reid was ordered into sex offender counseling in 2000 after being convicted of improperly touching a young boy and a young girl. But (Assistant State’s Attorney) Stanton said Reid quit the counseling after one session and refused to go back, even though he was jailed for doing so.” --Tony Gordon

  29. Lakemoor man gets jail for molestationDaily Herald2/20/2009 “A Lakemoor man was sentenced to 30 months in jail Friday after admitting he repeatedly molested a 9-year-old girl in 2004. Carl Malchow, 72, will be released from custody only to go to work or to receive health and sexual offender treatment. “Sheriff's police arrested Malchow on Jan. 25, 2007 and charged him with aggravated criminal sexual abuse. …Malchow would have been eligible for a prison sentence of up to seven years had he been convicted after a trial.” --Tony Gordon

  30. 2009 Sex Offender Registry Statistics in Lake County Registered Sex OffendersChild Sex Offenders 591511 Sex offenders have the highest rate of recidivism. Sex offenders are 4 times as likely to re-offend than any other felony.

  31. Information Sources 1.ICASA. By the Numbers: Sexual Violence Statistics: (2006): p25 http://www.icasa.org/docs/child_sexual_abuse_-_DRAFT-7.doc 2. http://www.co.lake.il.us (10/10/2006) 3. Illinois State Police Registry of Sex Offenders (217) 785-0653 4. www.newssunonline.com 5. Russell, Diana E.H. 1998. The Incidence and Prevalence of Intrafamilial Sexual abuse of Female Children. In Handbook on Sexual Abuse of Children, ed., Lenore E.A. Walker. Springer Publishing Co. 6. IBID 7. ICASA Resource Manual 2002 8. Cohen, Mark; Miller, Ted. The Cost of Mental Health Care for Victims of Crime. (13)(1) Journal of Interpersonal Violence: (1998):93-110 9. ICASA. By the Numbers: Sexual Violence Statistics: (2006): p66-67 10. http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders 11. Lake County Connection 2008. Connecting Residents with Lake County Services. 12. www.dailyherald.com

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