Monday, August 21, 2006

DOJ Announces Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Campaign- one in seven child Internet users has received sexual solicitations

DOJ Announces Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Campaign : "The sexual victimization of children - including child pornography offenses and enticement crimes - is a widespread problem in the United States. The Internet continues to provide new avenues for child predators to contact and groom their victims. According to “Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later,” a Department of Justice study, one in seven child Internet users has received sexual solicitations, one in three has been exposed to unwanted sexual material and one in 11 has been harassed. Also according to the study one in three child Internet users had communicated with someone that they did not know in person and one in nine formed close relationships with someone they met online. "

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