Child porn suspects hold positions of trust

Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent James Haynes, center, announces
the arrest of 71 individuals as part of Operation Caireen, a sweeping investigation
into the anonymous trading of child porn over the Internet.

The child porn sting that nabbed a seemingly unlikely group of people from the New York area -- police officers, paramedics, a Little League coach, a nurse, nanny and a rabbi -- doesn't surprise those who study the criminal and deviant mind.

The 70 men and one woman arrested for allegedly using computers to swap pornographic images of children quashes stereotypes about child predators and may alert society to the reality they already know, forensic psychologists say.

Sexual predators and pedophiles are of varied socio-economic status, race and gender and aren't the "lecherous trolls you would see on a playground," says Kim Gorgens, aclinical associate professor of forensic psychology at the University of Denver who has worked in the field more than 15 years.  (more...)

Child porn suspects hold positions of trust