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Paedophile-hunting show under fire

By "eAdvocate"

10-19-2010 Germany: BERLIN - A GERMAN television show that attempts to unmask paedophiles using a young actress as bait came under attack on Tuesday after a suspect vanished. The programme called Scene of the Crime: Internet - Protecting Our Children and hosted by a high-profile political wife is based on a similar US show, To Catch A Predator, that went off air after the suicide of a suspected molester in Texas in 2007. On the show, a young woman pretending to be a minor seeks out potential child abusers in Internet chat rooms. When a meeting is arranged, a girl playing a 13-year-old goes along, with the hidden cameras rolling. The suspects, whose images are blurred and voices distorted when they are broadcast, are subsequently confronted by a journalist playing the mother of the young 'victim'...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).