I had a great time speaking to the Maple Grove Critical Thinking Club and at the wonderful neighborhood taproom, Wabasha Brewing. Porn and sex crimes There is a site called “Fight the New Drug,” which addressed the problems created in relationships and sex crimes by accessing porn. The basic premise is that porn, like illegal drugs, ultimately changes the way you think. Here is a list of the top 20 sites accessed last year: (The arrows indicate if it is up or down from the previous year). To give you an idea of the prevalence in which porn is accessed online in the U.S., the estimate is 10,000 times a second. The philosophy of Fight the New Drug is that “Porn kills love.” It takes sexuality out of the context of caring and loving relationships and instead normalizes sexual contact with people you don’t care about. It also almost always involves power dynamics and humiliation. From a sociological perspective, it’s interesting that when white Americans were the wealthiest race in the U.S., that white porn was the #1 category. Now that Asian Americans are the wealthiest race in the U.S., the top categories accessed in the U.S. porn industry are Asian. “Hentai” is cartoon Japanese porn. As a forensic psychologist you find large amounts of porn accessed by sex offenders, and violent porn accessed by rapists. When people say there is no correlation between accessing porn and sex offenses, they clearly have little information about sex crimes. Every week we receive a referral from a child or adolescent who watched porn and repeated the behavior with a sibling. Adults need to be responsible for what they allow their children to access. If they’re going to have porn in the home, it needs to protected from children, like drugs. Enough said about that… I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I admire the manner in which Jesus spoke of being kind and understanding. Ephesians 4:2: “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Peter 4:8: “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." John 15:12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." I remind people, “All we have is this moment, so act as you wish to be remembered.” I am so thankful for all of the support I’ve received with my writing. Last Call sales have taken off like a rocket, and it went into a second print only a month after its release. I’ve had a great time speaking at various venues, enjoying wonderful conversations with people about forensics, thrillers, characters, and the humor of life. I’m also now getting close to selling 300 of the Minnesota Murder Trilogy (Murder Book, The I-94 Murders and Last Call). But most of all, I’m thankful for all of the great people in my life, including family, friends, and the many wonderful people whose lives intersect with mine every week (colleagues, students, and everyone I talk to at events). Again, all we have with people are intersections of time, so make the most of those moments. Sneak preview into 2020. The next book in the Jon Frederick series, Lying Close, is almost finished. We are finalizing the front and back covers. Here’s an opportunity to offer some feedback on them. In Lying Close, an investigator is sent to examine 3 separate crimes; a hunting accident, the disappearance of a teen sex worker and a farmhouse break-in, only 30 minutes apart. Even though the crimes are close they occur in 3 separate counties (Stearns, Morrison and Todd). Someone close to the investigation is leaking information, frustrating investigators. Relationships between the main characters are complicated by misinformation and dishonesty. The story also involves a relationship between a white Christian man and a Somali Muslim woman in St. Cloud. He struggles with the feedback he receives from his family and coworkers while she struggles with the pressures of living with the expectations of two worlds. The story is once again based on true crime. Please let me know your preference regarding the two covers. In the bottom half of the cover, the young woman is hooked up to a polygraph machine with a blood pressure cuff on her right arm, pneumo tubes (which measure breathing) and caps on her fingers which measure galvanic skin response (sweat). This is an actual computerized lie detector machine and computer screen used in this cover shot. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight… Frank I dedicate this song to Brenda, my spouse of 35 years, my love and best friend for 40.
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AuthorFrank F. Weber is a forensic psychologist specializing in homicide and sexual and physical assault cases. He uses his unique understanding of how predator’s think, knowledge of victim trauma, actual court cases, and passion for writing true crime thrillers. His Award Winning books include "Murder Book" (2017) "The I-94 Murders" (2018) "Last Call" (2019) and "Lying Close" (September 2020). Archives
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