Child Pornography Evidence: the Ultimate tool to Rescue Children from Sexual Abuse

1. Child Pornography Evidence: the Ultimate tool to Rescue Children from Sexual Abuse August 2012

2. Introduction Heather Steele, President & CEO

3. Introduction Heather Steele, President & CEO University of Chicago MBA

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7. Introduction Heather Steele, President & CEO University of Chicago MBA Ford, Toyota, and Kinko’sGrant Writer - $350,000+ SD ICACCEO TIJF - $150K+, 30 LE teamsSHIFT Grant

8. Current System: Catches Less than 1-2% of Offenders

9. Pandemic of Abuse According to a 2005 CDC study conducted in San Diego with 17,337 Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members: 25% of females report being molested.Males were the abuser 94% of the time. “The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study” Vince Felitti, 2005

10. Pandemic of Abuse According to a 2005 CDC study conducted in San Diego with 17,337 Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members: 25% of females report being molested.Males were the abuser 94% of the time. 16% of males report being molested.Females were the abuser 38% of the time. “The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study” Vince Felitti, 2005

11. # of US Sexually Abused Children 21% (CDC rate of abuse) x

12. # of US Sexually Abused Children 21% (CDC rate of abuse) x 74.5 million American children

13. # of US Sexually Abused Children 21% (CDC rate of abuse) x 74.5 million American children 15.6 million sexually abused American children

14. Many Molesters are Never Reported 5% - 8% Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ever Reported “How do Sexually Abused Children Disclose? Towards an Evidence-Based Approach to Practice” SJ Collings, Acta Criminologica 19 (1) 2006

15. Many Molesters are Never Reported 5% - 8% Child Sexual Abuse Cases Ever Reported Average Victims before one report 20 “How do Sexually Abused Children Disclose? Towards an Evidence-Based Approach to Practice” SJ Collings, Acta Criminologica 19 (1) 2006

16. Children Feel Intense Shame In one study of confirmed child sex abuse cases: 79% Of children denied or tentatively disclosed Sorensen, T., Snow, B. (1991). “How children tell: The process of disclosure in child sexual abuse.” Child Welfare League of America, 70, 3-15. (http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm#Links)

17. Children Feel Intense Shame In one study of confirmed child sex abuse cases: 79% Of children denied or tentatively disclosed Of children who did disclose and who were victims eventually recanted 22% Sorensen, T., Snow, B. (1991). “How children tell: The process of disclosure in child sexual abuse.” Child Welfare League of America, 70, 3-15. (http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm#Links)

18. Low Arrest Rates of child sexual abuse reports result in arrest 29% Department of Justice-funded study “Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report”

19. Low Arrest Rates of child sexual abuse reports result in arrest 29% 19% of sexual abuse reports on children under the age of 6 result in arrest Department of Justice-funded study “Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report”

20. Many Arrests Never Go To Trial Many cases never go to trial because children victims are: Considered unreliable witnesses,

21. Many Arrests Never Go To Trial Many cases never go to trial because children victims are: Considered unreliable witnesses, Pressured to recant,

22. Many Arrests Never Go To Trial Many cases never go to trial because children victims are: Considered unreliable witnesses, Pressured to recant, Terrified to face their abuser,

23. Many Arrests Never Go To Trial Many cases never go to trial because children victims are: Considered unreliable witnesses, Pressured to recant, Terrified to face their abuser, Often pre-verbal

24. Less Than 1-2% Caught

25. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported

26. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported x 29% Arrested

27. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported x 29% Arrested Less than 2%

28. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported x 29% Arrested Less than 2% x Unknown # Go to Trial

29. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported x 29% Arrested Less than 2% x Unknown # Go to Trial x Unknown # Convictions

30. Less Than 1-2% Caught 6% Reported x 29% Arrested Less than 2% x Unknown # Go to Trial x Unknown # Convictions Estimate Less than 1% Caught

31. Low Prison Sentences Average Sentence of Child Molesters: 7 Years 2003 Bureau of Justice Statistics, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm

32. Low Prison Sentences Average Sentence of Child Molesters: 7 Years Average Time Served: 3 Years 2003 Bureau of Justice Statistics, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm

33. Recidivism High Average Rate of Re-arrest for sexual crimes: 21% Within 12 years of release “Evaluating Community Sex Offender Treatment Programs: A 12-Year Follow-up of 724 Offenders” Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, April 2004.

34. Recidivism High Average Rate of Re-arrest for sexual crimes: 21% Within 12 years of release 52% Within 25 years of release “Evaluating Community Sex Offender Treatment Programs: A 12-Year Follow-up of 724 Offenders” Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, April 2004 and “Recidivism Rates Among Child Molesters and Rapists: A Methodological Analysis”, Law and Human Behavior, Volume 21, Number 6, December 1997 , pp. 635-659(25) .

35. Recidivism High Recidivism studies also are wildly inaccurate because:“It is important to recognize that official recidivism statistics are always lower than actual re-offense rates, because…less than 10% of all sex crimes results in a criminal conviction.” Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 2005. www.atsa.com

36. A Solution: Child Pornography Investigations

37. Debunking 3 Child Pornography Myths

38. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos Not about obscenity or pornography… Child Crime Scene = Pornography Photos

39. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress

40. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 83% had images of children 6 to 12 years old

41. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 83% had images of children 6 to 12 years oldhad images of children 3 to 5 years old 39%

42. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 83% had images of children 6 to 12 years oldhad images of children 3 to 5 years oldhad images of childrenyounger than 3 39% 19%

43. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 80% had images of sexual penetration

44. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 80% had images of sexual penetrationhad images of children subjected to “bondage, rape or torture. Most of these were… gagged, bound, blindfolded or otherwise enduring sadistic sex.” 21%

45. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos Law Enforcement Says: Victims are getting younger

46. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos Law Enforcement Says: Victims are getting youngerMany are babies or toddlers

47. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos Law Enforcement Says: Victims are getting youngerMany are babies or toddlersAbuse is getting more violent and sadistic

48. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos Law Enforcement Says: Victims are getting youngerMany are babies or toddlersAbuse is getting more violent and sadistic Live webcam and streaming video

49. Reality #1: CP is Crime Scene Photos “We regularly seize hundreds of thousands of images involving children as young as babies in diapers in pictures and in full length movies being brutally tortured, raped, sodomized and bleeding. This is the norm. There are now 3 and 4 year-olds in 20 minute movies screaming for daddy to stop.” --Detective Paul Gillespie Toronto Police

50. Myth #1: CP is Just Naked Photos 2005 Study funded by Congress 1% Limited their collections solely to images that researchers termed“softcore”(“nude or semi-nude minors”)