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Perverted Justice Foundation, Inc.,〔(California Secretary of State - California Business Search - Corporation Search Results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Perverted Justice Foundation Incorporated - A note from our foundation to you )〕 more commonly known as Perverted-Justice (also known as PeeJ), is an American organization based in California and Oregon, which investigates, identifies, and publicizes the conduct of adults posing as minors who solicit online sexual conversations with underage minors. The activity of their website consists of volunteers who carry out sting operations posing as minors (the age range chosen for the decoys is 10–15)〔It should be stated that some USA states have an age of consent of 17 or 18, not 16.〕 on chat sites and waiting for adults to approach them. After obtaining identifying information of adults posing as minors, who may offer their telephone numbers and other details so that meetings can be arranged, the organization passes the information on to law enforcement. Perverted-Justice's methods are controversial, and a number of critics have labeled these actions harassment.〔("Campaign against child sex predators draws critics" )〕〔("Show's vision of justice seems, well, perverted" )〕〔Bonopartis, Nik. (October 4, 2004). "Net vigilantes go where police can't". ''Poughkeepsie''.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ethics Be Damned: 'Dateline' Imitates 'Network' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='To Catch a Predator': The New American Witch Hunt for Dangerous Pedophiles )〕 The site additionally attracted media attention, both laudatory and critical, as a result of their collaboration with ''Dateline NBC'' on a series of televised sting operations called ''To Catch a Predator.'' Perverted-Justice also operates a site that targets groups and individuals it identifies as being involved in the pedophile activism community,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PJFI.org )〕 a site that provides information to abuse victims on their legal recourse,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online Resource Center for Survivors of Abuse )〕 a site that gives advice to children and teenagers on dealing with grooming on the internet,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=howtodealwithcreepypeople.com )〕 and a site that targets organizations that Perverted-Justice believes allow pedophile activists to use their services.〔http://www.corporatesexoffenders.com/〕 The foundation also offers free online training to law enforcement officers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Perverted Justice Foundation Incorporated - About Perverted Justice Academy )〕 and has an intern program for college students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Perverted Justice Foundation Incorporated - All about our Internship program )〕 ==Overview== Perverted Justice was set up in 2002 by Frank Fencepost and Xavier Von Erck (born Philip John Eide). The organization says that its online operations have led to 314 convictions as of March 28, 2009,〔(Convictions ), ''Perverted-Justice.com''〕 with over 200 more currently awaiting trial, and an average of 25 arrests a month for the year of 2006.〔(From June 2004 to June 2006: The Numbers! ). ''Perverted-Justice.com'' (2006-6-18).〕 The site originally started with the posting of chat logs to shame people who engaged in sexual chats with purported children. Some members of the site allegedly went further by harassing the targets of their chats in real life, as well as their friends, neighbors, employers, and family.〔("'To Catch a Predator': The New American Witch Hunt for Dangerous Pedophiles" ), By Vanessa Grigoriadis, ''Rolling Stone'', July 30, 2007〕 After a falling-out over a vitriolic chat log with a phone verifier in 2004, Fencepost was dismissed from the site. "Xavier became much more oriented toward getting pedophiles arrested rather than just making them complete social pariahs in their neighborhood," says Fencepost.〔("'To Catch a Predator': The New American Witch Hunt for Dangerous Pedophiles" ), By Vanessa Grigoriadis, Rolling Stone, July 30, 2007〕 Von Erck said he got the idea for the website while watching people attempt to groom young girls in chat rooms in Oregon. He says Perverted-Justice is a computer watchdog agency that works closely with law enforcement agencies. "The media likes to use the term 'vigilante' because it gets attention, but we don't consider ourselves vigilantes. We cultivate cooperation with police and work within the law to get justice, not outside of the law."〔Kennedy, Tracy. ("Vigilante Web site used to charge city man" ), ''The Register Citizen'', October 13, 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perverted-Justice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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