According to the arrest report, in May, a Department of Children and Families investigator called a Columbia County detective to help with an investigation into explicit pictures and videos of a minor.
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Investigators spoke with the father of a child who told them there was an additional two children that were victims of a video voyeurism incident at a birthday party. According to the report, a detective spoke with another victim who was at that same birthday party. That child was changing clothes in the bathroom when, according to the report, Rhodes stuck a cellphone under the bathroom door in an attempt to record a video.
In Rhodes’ case, there were two previous allegations of sexual abuse involving two children. In Haines’ case, he was already a registered sex offender who was convicted back in 2015 for traveling to meet a child for sex.News4JAX consulted with clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Hartley, of Jacksonville, to get an understanding of the psychology of sex crimes against children.
By definition, pedophilia is defined as an adult having sexual desires and urges toward children. Pedophilia is only illegal when an adult turns those thoughts into actual action by sexually abusing a child. “Things like voyeurism or exhibitionism, those are the areas to target. If you have a sexual preoccupation with children, that is going to be more difficult to treat. True pedophilia places an individual at higher risk in general sexual offending,” Hartley said.According to the doctor, identifying the trigger mechanism of sex offenders is a lot like identifying the trigger mechanisms of an alcoholic who can’t control his or herself.
“I was working in Texas with an offender who actually requested chemical castration because he wanted the Depo-Provera to reduce his overall level, thinking that would help him,” Dr. Hartley said.