Child pornography is not an obscenity issue, nor is it a free-speech issue. Child pornography movies and images are crime scene recordings. Here are some facts on the nature of child pornography:
University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005
Of those arrested for possession of child pornography:
83% had images of children between the ages of 6 and 12
39% had images of children between the ages of 3 and 5
19% had images of infants and toddlers
Of those arrested for possession of child pornography:
80% had images showing sexual penetration
21% had images “depicting violence such as bondage, rape or torture. Most of these involved children who were gagged, bound, blindfolded or otherwise enduring sadistic sex.”
Only 1% restricted their “collecting” to images of simple child nudity.
Of those arrested for possession of child pornography:
91% were white
38% were married
41% were single/never married
34% lived with minor child
46% had direct access to children
Of those arrested for possession of child pornography:
40% were “dual offenders” who also sexually assaulted children
An additional 15% had attempted to entice a child online for sexual purposes
Law enforcement arrested a Chicago man in March, 2006 who broadcast the live sexual abuse of an 18-month old infant to an international child pornography ring.
“Wonderland Club” pedophile ring: “Some club members … owned production facilities and transmitted live child-sex shows over the Web.” (TIME Magazine)
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