Catch a Predator is a well-liked tv sequence that makes use of hidden cameras and undercover investigators to catch potential youngster predators within the act of soliciting intercourse from minors. The present has been controversial since its debut in 2004, nevertheless it has additionally been credited with serving to to lift consciousness of the issue of on-line youngster sexual abuse and resulting in the arrest of a whole bunch of suspected predators.
The present’s format is easy: potential predators are lured to a gathering place by an undercover investigator posing as a minor. The investigator then engages the predator in dialog, usually over the web, and ultimately arranges a gathering in particular person. Hidden cameras seize the complete interplay, and if the predator makes any try to interact in sexual exercise with the minor, they’re arrested on the spot.