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	Sexual Predator Awareness Seminar Set for Sharptown Church By John Barna Gloucester County Times December 26, 2010 http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2010/12/sexual_predator_awareness_semi.html PILESGROVE TWP. — A Sexual Predator Awareness Seminar will be offered at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Sharptown United Methodist Church. The seminar, sponsored by the state Parole Board, Salem County Prosecutor's Office and Mothers of Preschoolers, is the fourth in a statewide series that aims to educate parents, teachers, police and others on the ways to spot and avoid the dangers that sexual predators pose, whether they seek potential victims outdoors or on the Internet. The seminar is free to attend and open to all members of the public. "This is a frank, compelling discussion that will dispel popular myths about sexual predators, and provide sobering facts about safety on the internet, with relatives and in social settings," Parole Board Chairman James T. Plousis said. The presentation will be given by Capt. Anne McGrath and Capt. Steven Tallard of the Parole Board's Sex Offender Management Unit and Electronic Monitoring Unit. These units are responsible for the lifetime supervision of convicted sex offenders in New Jersey, a task that includes polygraph testing and GPS monitoring of the highest-risk offenders. The presentation will include: • Actual case studies that illustrate how sexual predators seek victims. This includes the unexpected ways some offenders have succeeded in tracking and luring victims via the Internet, as well as the dangers of sexual abuse by the relatives of young children, and the use of date rape drugs and other forms of sexual coercion to which teenagers may fall victim • Statistics and clinical data to dispel myths about sex offenders, and provide a real picture of the risks, sexual predators' typical offense cycle, the most common relationships of abusers to children, and the ways abusers groom children • Important advice for parents and teachers related to Internet safety, safety at parties, safety with strangers and safety with family members
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