Child Pornography and Pedophilia: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, Volume 4, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - Child pornography |
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Page 79 - The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
Page 79 - Assembly proclaims this Declaration of the Rights of the Child to the end that he may have a happy childhood and enjoy for his own good and for the good of society the rights and freedoms herein set forth...
Page 86 - The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 1950...
Page 109 - ... OFFENDERS. SEVENTY-THREE HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, AND COURT ACTION FOR SOME OF THE NINETY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IS CURRENTLY PENDING. WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL CONVICTIONS ONCE ALL COURT ACTIVITY IS COMPLETED. TWENTY-FIVE OF THOSE CONVICTED HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS, WITH TERMS AVERAGING 5.8 YEARS. TRAFFICKERS IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A LOW PROFILE. HOWEVER, SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ACT OF 1977. THEY HAVE VIRTUALLY...
Page 42 - ... appreciable number of those individuals involved in trafficking of child pornography. These individuals do not transport their material through the mails for the purpose of sale or distribution for sale and therefore do not violate the provisions of the statute.
Page 107 - The Postal Inspection Service is the investigative arm of the United States Postal Service.
Page 1 - Javits.] [The letter of authority follows :] US SENATE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS, Washington, DC Pursuant to Rule 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, permission is hereby...
Page 110 - ... Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977, they have virtually gone underground. During adult obscenity investigations, we are often able to order materials directly from solicitations or advertisements but, with child pornographers, we must gain access to the distributors' underground networks. We monitor those publications oriented toward pedophiles, and we maintain close contact with local police and social workers who, in their work, frequently come upon child abuse and/or child pornography....
Page 104 - Paper presented at the Fourth International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect. Paris, France, 9/9/82. Watson, Russell, et al. "A Hidden Epidemic.
Page 110 - ... ALSO BEEN CLERGYMEN, TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, JOURNALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN. WE INVESTIGATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL OF BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ORIGIN. GENERALLY, THE DOMESTIC MATERIAL IS OF THE "HOMEMADE" VARIETY, WHILE THE IMPORTED MATERIAL IS PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL DEALERS. WE HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT ONCE AN ITEM OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BEGINS TO CIRCULATE, IT IS REPRODUCED FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AS A RESULT, A DISTRIBUTOR MAY BE MANY TIMES REMOVED FROM THE ORIGIN OF...