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<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''Perverted Justice''' (PJ, PeeJ, Pee Jay) is an online anti-[[pedophile]] [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] organization. Its main method is to pose in online chat rooms as under-age boys or girls and attract adult men. These men are then exposed either on the organization's website or through the "[[To Catch a Predator]]" segment on NBC's Dateline show, and subsequently arrested by law enforcement officers.
<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''Perverted Justice''' (PJ, PeeJ, Pee Jay, founded in 2002) was a controversial and heavily-prosecuted online [[anti]]-[[Pedophilia|pedophile]] [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] organization. Its main method is to pose in on-line chat rooms as under-age boys or girls and attract adult men. These men were then exposed either on the organization's website or through the "[[To Catch a Predator]]" segment on NBC's Dateline show, and subsequently arrested by law enforcement officers. An infamous section of PJ's website in which their victims were photographed masturbating, was removed in an effort to give the organisation mainstream credibility.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020233039/http://www.perverted-justice.com/wankers/?setWarning=off PJ Wankers. Links to some content rated 18+]</ref>


The organization was found by [[Xavier Von Erck]], who continues to run it. Members of the organization are geographically distributed throughout the United States.
The organization was founded by [[Phillip John Eide|Xavier Von Erck]]. Members of the organization were geographically distributed throughout the United States.


The organization has been criticized for its shadowy methods, its vigilante ideology, and its desire to destroy lives rather than serve justice (ABC News, 10 January 2005; 10 Zen Monkeys, 2 October 2006). The U.S. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has also criticized the organization. Tina Schwartz, NCMEC director of communication, has said: "It's really not the safest, most effective way to combat this problem ... From what I've seen ... they embarrass the people, but I don't know that complete justice is ever served". (Roanoke Times, 22 January 2005)
[[Image:Pj.JPG|thumb|PJ merchandise]]The organization has been criticized for its shadowy methods, its vigilante ideology, and its desire to destroy lives rather than serve justice (ABC News, 10 January 2005; 10 Zen Monkeys, 2 October 2006). The U.S. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has also criticized the organization. Tina Schwartz, NCMEC director of communication, has said: "It's really not the safest, most effective way to combat this problem ... From what I've seen ... they embarrass the people, but I don't know that complete justice is ever served". (Roanoke Times, 22 January 2005)


==Harassment of innocent people==
==To Catch A Predator==
Officially supported by PJ vigilantism, [[To Catch a Predator]] was a recurring segment on NBC's Dateline news show whose mission was to lure adult men into sexual chats with people posing as children, invite them to a house to meet the imaginary children, and then expose them on national television. The segment, presented by Chris Hansen was wildly popular; episodes featuring "Predator" segments were ranked 16 among NBC's 41 regularly broadcast shows in the 2005-2006 season, and has been implicated in grossly unethical practise and suicide.


According to [[Corrupted Justice]] a group composed of ex - PJ members and other activists, PJ has harassed and terrorised well over 4,000 innocent people since Janurary, 2003.
=== Death of [[Louis Conradt]] ===


==[[Wikisposure]] Project and Absolute Zero==
[[Louis Conradt]], a Democratic district attorney from Texas fell victim to Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, a TV series documenting "sexual predator stings", after he committed suicide when a SWAT team entered his house, with Dateline cameras recording the action.


Perverted Justice has recently diverted at least some of its efforts into a "name and shame" hit list of Sex-Offender reform activists and people who they deem to be pedophiles. Simple techniques (public profile scanning, search engines) are used to compile profiles of groups and individuals that are logged to a Wiki site interface.
==Harassment of innocent people==


An officially independent group known as [[Absolute Zero]] has made considerable efforts to enhance these exposes with their own articles. [[Absolute Zero]] editorials are typically followed by a series of reader comments calling for the killing or [[Bubba|raping]] of subjects by state authorities or prison inmates.
According to the defunct '''[[Corrupted-Justice]]''', a watchdog group composed of ex - PJ members and other activists, PJ had "harassed and terrorised" well over 4,500 innocent people since January, 2003. Attempts to harass and censor alternative voices have been central to Perverted Justice's approach since its conception. In one case, an ex-member was charged for launching denial of service attacks against Rolling Stone and Radar - two media sources who criticised himself and Perverted Justice. (Old Newgon.com Forum, Topic 8284)


==To Catch A Predator==
==[[Wikisposure]] Project and Absolute Zero==


Officially supported by PJ vigilantism, [[To Catch a Predator]] is a recurring segment on NBC's Dateline news show whose mission is to lure adult men into sexual chats with people posing as children, invite them to a house to meet the imaginary children, and then expose them on national television. The segment, presented by Chris Hansen is wildly popular; episodes featuring "Predator" segments are ranked 16 among NBC's 41 regularly broadcast shows in the 2005-2006 season, and has been implicated in grossly unethical practise and suicide.
Perverted Justice has diverted at least some of its efforts into a "name and shame" hit list of Sex-Offender reform activists and people who they deem to be pedophiles. Simple techniques (public profile scanning, search engines) were used to compile profiles of groups and individuals that are logged to a Wiki site interface. An officially independent group known as [[Absolute Zero]] has made considerable efforts to enhance these exposes with their own articles. [[Absolute Zero]] editorials are typically followed by a series of reader comments calling for the killing or [[Bubba|raping]] of subjects by prison inmates.


==Commentary==
==Commentary==
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Child-safety advocate Julie Posey describes Perverted-Justice's tactics as "a gross invasion of privacy." Posey indicates that she doesn't feel their methods are completely effective, "What it does is embarrass them for the moment... but then they'll go and get a different screen name and know to check things out a little more thoroughly next time" (ABC news, 10 January 2005). Since this comment was made, Perverted Justice have made a partially-successful attempt to convert their vigilante entrapment efforts into actual convictions. Posey and Perverted Justice founder [[Xavier Von Erck]] appeared on Fox News shortly thereafter. Regarding the Perverted Justice website, Posey remarked, "It’s more of an entertainment site, actually. You go there, you click on a link of a picture that takes you to that person’s chat-log and that person has a scale—a sliminess scale as he calls it—and you can rate the pervert from, I think it’s one to five. To me, that kind of gives a sense of entertainment. Anybody that finds entertainment value in exploiting children, I have a problem with it." (Fox News, January 2005)
Child-safety advocate Julie Posey describes Perverted-Justice's tactics as "a gross invasion of privacy." Posey indicates that she doesn't feel their methods are completely effective, "What it does is embarrass them for the moment... but then they'll go and get a different screen name and know to check things out a little more thoroughly next time" (ABC news, 10 January 2005). Since this comment was made, Perverted Justice have made a partially-successful attempt to convert their vigilante entrapment efforts into actual convictions. Posey and Perverted Justice founder [[Xavier Von Erck]] appeared on Fox News shortly thereafter. Regarding the Perverted Justice website, Posey remarked, "It’s more of an entertainment site, actually. You go there, you click on a link of a picture that takes you to that person’s chat-log and that person has a scale—a sliminess scale as he calls it—and you can rate the pervert from, I think it’s one to five. To me, that kind of gives a sense of entertainment. Anybody that finds entertainment value in exploiting children, I have a problem with it." (Fox News, January 2005)


== Sources ==
==Sources and links==
 
*[http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=260587&page=1 "Controversial Web Site Claims to 'Out' Would-Be Child Molesters"] by Jonathan Silverstein, ABC News, 10 January 2005
*[http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=260587&page=1 "Controversial Web Site Claims to 'Out' Would-Be Child Molesters"] by Jonathan Silverstein, ABC News, 10 January 2005
*[http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/10/02/the-perversions-of-%E2%80%9Cperverted-justice%E2%80%9D/ "The Perversions of Perverted-Justice"], 10 Zen Monkeys, 2 October 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2006
*[http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/10/02/the-perversions-of-%E2%80%9Cperverted-justice%E2%80%9D/ "The Perversions of Perverted-Justice"], 10 Zen Monkeys, 2 October 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2006
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*"Online group involved in man's arrest," Roanoke Times, 22 January 2005
*"Online group involved in man's arrest," Roanoke Times, 22 January 2005
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZAPr_H4niY "Website Claims to 'Out'] Potential Child Molesters", Dayside, Fox News, January 2005
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZAPr_H4niY "Website Claims to 'Out'] Potential Child Molesters", Dayside, Fox News, January 2005
*[http://www.corrupted-justice.com/ Corrupted Justice]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327150701/http://www.corrupted-justice.com/ Corrupted Justice Archive.]
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130215065406/http://www.rickross.com/groups/perverted_justice.html A number of news stories critical of PJ]
==External link==


*[http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/search/label/PervertedJustice PJ news archive]
==References==


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Latest revision as of 21:03, 8 May 2023

Perverted Justice (PJ, PeeJ, Pee Jay, founded in 2002) was a controversial and heavily-prosecuted online anti-pedophile vigilante organization. Its main method is to pose in on-line chat rooms as under-age boys or girls and attract adult men. These men were then exposed either on the organization's website or through the "To Catch a Predator" segment on NBC's Dateline show, and subsequently arrested by law enforcement officers. An infamous section of PJ's website in which their victims were photographed masturbating, was removed in an effort to give the organisation mainstream credibility.[1]

The organization was founded by Xavier Von Erck. Members of the organization were geographically distributed throughout the United States.

PJ merchandise

The organization has been criticized for its shadowy methods, its vigilante ideology, and its desire to destroy lives rather than serve justice (ABC News, 10 January 2005; 10 Zen Monkeys, 2 October 2006). The U.S. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has also criticized the organization. Tina Schwartz, NCMEC director of communication, has said: "It's really not the safest, most effective way to combat this problem ... From what I've seen ... they embarrass the people, but I don't know that complete justice is ever served". (Roanoke Times, 22 January 2005)

To Catch A Predator

Officially supported by PJ vigilantism, To Catch a Predator was a recurring segment on NBC's Dateline news show whose mission was to lure adult men into sexual chats with people posing as children, invite them to a house to meet the imaginary children, and then expose them on national television. The segment, presented by Chris Hansen was wildly popular; episodes featuring "Predator" segments were ranked 16 among NBC's 41 regularly broadcast shows in the 2005-2006 season, and has been implicated in grossly unethical practise and suicide.

Death of Louis Conradt

Louis Conradt, a Democratic district attorney from Texas fell victim to Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, a TV series documenting "sexual predator stings", after he committed suicide when a SWAT team entered his house, with Dateline cameras recording the action.

Harassment of innocent people

According to the defunct Corrupted-Justice, a watchdog group composed of ex - PJ members and other activists, PJ had "harassed and terrorised" well over 4,500 innocent people since January, 2003. Attempts to harass and censor alternative voices have been central to Perverted Justice's approach since its conception. In one case, an ex-member was charged for launching denial of service attacks against Rolling Stone and Radar - two media sources who criticised himself and Perverted Justice. (Old Newgon.com Forum, Topic 8284)

Wikisposure Project and Absolute Zero

Perverted Justice has diverted at least some of its efforts into a "name and shame" hit list of Sex-Offender reform activists and people who they deem to be pedophiles. Simple techniques (public profile scanning, search engines) were used to compile profiles of groups and individuals that are logged to a Wiki site interface. An officially independent group known as Absolute Zero has made considerable efforts to enhance these exposes with their own articles. Absolute Zero editorials are typically followed by a series of reader comments calling for the killing or raping of subjects by prison inmates.

Commentary

Child-safety advocate Julie Posey describes Perverted-Justice's tactics as "a gross invasion of privacy." Posey indicates that she doesn't feel their methods are completely effective, "What it does is embarrass them for the moment... but then they'll go and get a different screen name and know to check things out a little more thoroughly next time" (ABC news, 10 January 2005). Since this comment was made, Perverted Justice have made a partially-successful attempt to convert their vigilante entrapment efforts into actual convictions. Posey and Perverted Justice founder Xavier Von Erck appeared on Fox News shortly thereafter. Regarding the Perverted Justice website, Posey remarked, "It’s more of an entertainment site, actually. You go there, you click on a link of a picture that takes you to that person’s chat-log and that person has a scale—a sliminess scale as he calls it—and you can rate the pervert from, I think it’s one to five. To me, that kind of gives a sense of entertainment. Anybody that finds entertainment value in exploiting children, I have a problem with it." (Fox News, January 2005)

Sources and links

References