NCJ Number
66154
Date Published
1979
Length
0 pages
Annotation
DESIGNED FOR A YOUNG MALE AUDIENCE, THIS FILM EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT TRUSTING STRANGERS AND OF REPORTING SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS. OVERALL, THE FILM IS MEANT TO DEVELOP AN AWARENESS IN BOYS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ASSAULT BY A HOMOSEXUAL RAPIST AND TO ENCOURAGE CRIME PREVENTION.
Abstract
IN THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF DRAMATIZED INCIDENTS, ONE BOY IS TALKED INTO GOING WITH A MAN IN A CAR TO CHASE A BICYCLE THIEF WHILE HIS FRIEND, MADE SUSPICIOUS BY THE INCIDENT, NOTIFIES THE BOYS' MOTHER. THE POLICE RESCUE OF THE BOY IS SHOWN. A SECOND SCENE DEPICTS AN OLDER ACQUAINTANCE ATTEMPTING TO SHARE PORNOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A YOUNG BOY. THE FILM EMPHASIZES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTIFY PARENTS OR COUNSELORS OF ADVANCES THAT SEEM SUSPICIOUS, EVEN IF THEY INVOLVE FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES. IN ANOTHER SCENE, A STRANGER IS SHOWN BUILDING UP THE TRUST OF A YOUNG BOY BY LETTING HIM TURN ON THE IGNITION OF HIS CAR. AFTER TRUST IS DEVELOPED, THE STRANGER INVITES THE BOY TO A PARTY WHERE HE IS ASSAULTED BY THE YOUNG STRANGER AND HIS FRIENDS. A SYNOPSIS OF THE FILM WHOSE OBJECTIVE IS TO ALERT BOYS TO THE EXSISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM OF SEXUAL ATTACKS IS INCLUDED.