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NCJ 202909
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| Title:
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Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors: The Response of Law Enforcement
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| Author(s):
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Janis Wolak ; Kimberly Mitchell ; David Finkelhor
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| Corporate Author:
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University of New Hampshire
Crimes Against Children Research Ctr
United States
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| Sponsoring Agency:
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| Sale:
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National Ctr for Missing and Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang InternationalChildren's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
United States |
| Document Url:
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PDF |
| Publication Date:
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11/2003 |
| Pages:
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36 |
| Type:
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Studies/research reports |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Contract No.:
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98-MC-CX-K002 |
| Note:
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Downloaded November 17, 2003. |
| Annotation:
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This first publication of the findings from the National Juvenile
Online Victimization (N-JOV) Study presents arrest estimates for
online offenses against juveniles and an overview of the types of
crimes, characteristics of offenders, and how the criminal
justice system is responding to Internet sex crimes against
minors. |
| Abstract:
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The N-JOV Study collected information from a national sample of law enforcement agencies about the characteristics of Internet
sex crimes against minors and the number of arrests for these
crimes during a 1-year period. The goals of the study were to
estimate a baseline number of arrests during a 1-year period, so
that the increase in the number of these cases can be measured in
the future; to develop a statistical portrait of the
characteristics of Internet sex crimes against minors and how
such cases are handled by the criminal justice system; and to
organize the cases into a typology useful for tracking and analysis. The study found that law enforcement agencies at all
levels made an estimated 2,577 arrests for Internet sex crimes
against minors during the 12 months that began on July 1, 2000.
The types of crimes for which arrests occurred were as follows:
Internet-related contacts between offenders and victims that
resulted in sexual assaults and the use of the victims in the
production of child pornography (39 percent of arrests); Internet
solicitations for sexual contact made to undercover law
enforcement officers posing as minors (25 percent of arrests);
and the possession, distribution, or trading of Internet child
pornography by offenders who did not use the Internet to sexually
exploit identified victims or solicit undercover investigators
(36 percent of arrests). Two-thirds (67 percent) of offenders who
committed any of the types of Internet sex crimes against minors
possessed child pornography. The vast majority of offenders were
non-Hispanic White males older than 25 who were acting alone. Most investigations (79 percent) involved more than one law
enforcement agency. State, county, and local agencies were involved in 85 percent of all cases; Federal agencies were involved in 46 percent of the cases. Apparently there were fewer dismissals and acquittals in cases that involved Internet-related sex crimes against minors than for conventional prosecutions of child sexual abuse. 3 tables, 6 figures, and 5 references |
| Main Term(s):
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Juvenile victims |
| Index Term(s):
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Arrest statistics ; Offense statistics ; Sex offenses ; Computer related crime ; Child pornography ; Child sexual abuse ; Offense characteristics ; Sex offense investigations |
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