Essay On Chih Pornography

Combating Internet Crimes and ChiH Pornography

Intoduction:

A significant challenge our departrnent will face in the future is the increase oflnternet crimes, and how we protect the youth ofour community from these threaE. Indications are that offenders increasingly use technology to solicit and advertise access to sex with minors, promote the disfibution of chiH pornography, and combine resources to find victims and purchasers. Internet accessibility has made it easier to produce and sell chiH pornography. The Internet is an efficient means to reach different target audiences, including pedophiles and those interested in chiH pornography.

Overview:

As the internet became more widely avaihble in the 1990's, law enforcement officials began investigating cyber sexual exploitation crimes against chiHren. Cyber crimes involving sexual assault and sexual exploitation cases increased as a variety of circumstances coincided Those circumstances included the growth of personal computers and faster internet connections, which became more user friendly. The devebpment of scanners and digital photography created a completely new way for people to create and exchange chiH pornography. Chat and instant messaging technoklgy created new ways for sex offenders to communicate with, and have access to, millions of new victims. Add to the shroud of anonymity that internet users assume they possess and you have the perfect setting for the sex offender to plan and execute their crimes. Sexual crimes that involve computer-rehted or electonic evidence may involve offenses where a computer or cell phone is the basis for the crime or may involve crimes where a computer or other elecftonic evidence is the repository for evidence.

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...es in the future has already been accompllshed Investigator Broussard has received the required training and is part of the Cook County and Illinois

Attorney General Task Forces.

Based on the available information Internet crime will continue to increase. Proactive planning has been initiated to provide our community with a qualified Internet crimes investigator. Unfortunately, he is limited on the amount of time he can devote to Internet crime investigations. The recommendation wouH be to have an investigator that can work full time on Internet crime cases. The parenB of our community want to know there is someone always monitoring the

Internet for potential threaB to their chiHren. Having a dedicated investigator in place, he can act swiftly and immediately to the crime. A dedicated investigator provides the community an expert in the fieH that can answer questions