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1.2%
Both
14.6%
83.0%
1.2%
Indistinguishable
Std. Dev. = 2.0
Figuref5.3:fSex of the child in the image
Child's sex
Girl
Boy
Indistinguishable
Both
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Sex of child in the image (4,110 images)
ff 83.0% (3,412) of images depict girl children
ff 14.6% (599) of images depict boy children
ff 1.2% (50) of images depict children of indistinguishable sex
ff 1.2% (49) of images depict both girl and boy children
The category of“indistinguishable sex”is applied when the child is clearly being
abused, but the child’s genitals are not pictured. Images that fall into this category
generally show only a portion of the child in the image, and consequently are
analyzed based on relative stature. The images must explicitly show that the victim's
size in relation to the adult’s is unquestionably that of a child; the child would then
have to be significantly smaller than the adult pictured. As such, the victims in this
category are likely under 12 years of age (SMR 1 and 2), and where information is
provided in the image description, 25% were infants and 63% were toddlers being
abused through sex acts.
Recommendation: Consideration should be given to gender-related education. With an
3 over-representation of girl children in sexual abuse images, supplementary prevention material
should be created for them, and should specifically target girl-centered environments (i.e. Girl Guides).
This may help in the effort to educate girls about sexual abuse, how to recognize it and to report abusive
behaviour.
TAble 5.4 Comparison of the sex of the children and degree of abuse depicted in the child
sexual abuse images analyzed
2.7%
38.7%
30.2% 28.3%
2.2%
22.2%
4.0% 4.0%
21.7%
53.9%
84.0%
8.0%
2.0%
18.4% 8.2% 71.4%
Sexual posing (Total: 1,466)
Sexual assaults (Total: 1,365)
Extreme sexual posing (Total: 1,168) Extreme sexual assaults (Total: 112)
total
3,412 images
599 images
50 images
49 images
5.4 Page analysis
In addition to classifying images, every webpage analyzed is assigned a
classification based on the youngest child depicted in the child pornography on the
page. Since February 27, 2006, the lowest age range (with an SMR rating) has been
recorded, regardless of the severity of the image or the sex of the child in the image.
Of the 8,632 incidents with SMR information, 13 the average lowest SMRs viewed on
analyzed webpages is SMR 1.3. This would normally reflect a child of approximately
8-9 years old; however, as mentioned previously, the average age of the youngest
child is likely much younger than 8 years old.
77.6% (6,698) SMR 1: under 8 years old
12.5% (1,075) SMR 2: between 8 and 11 years old
8.4% (729) SMR 3: 11- to 12-year-old girls, 12- to 14-year-old boys
1.5% (130) SMR 4: 12- to 16-year-old girls, 14- to 15-year-old boys
These are images of very young children being sexually abused or posed
deliberately in a sexualized way with the image focusing on their genitalia.
These children, including babies and toddlers, are being raped and sexually
abused. There is no mistaking the severity of many of these images.
13 Analysts were able to add SMR information to incidents beginning in December 2005.
77.6%foffwebpagesfclassifiedfasfchildf
pornographyfdepictfabusefimagesfoff
childrenfyoungerfthanf8fyearsfold. 90.1%
of these webpages have images of children
under 12 years old being sexually abused.
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