The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

APPENDIX EDEPARTMENT-FUNDED RESEARCHAs noted in the body of the Report, the Act requested that the Department provide a review ofrelevant research in the child exploitation field. A listing of Department-funded research isbelow. It is important to note that the inclusion of any study or research project in this Report isnot intended to convey support for the findings of any of such study or research project. Asynthesis of major studies, and an accompanying annotated bibliography, can be found inAppendix F.The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently funding the followingstudies / research projects related to child exploitation. The projects are on varying timelines andwill have results / research reports available at varying times.A National Study of Internet-Facilitated Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (IF-CSEC)in the Criminal Justice System is a project designed by the awardee, the University of NewHampshire. The award has a start date of 1/1/2007 and end date of 12/31/2009. This study ofInternet-facilitated CSEC (IF-CSEC) crimes focuses on the future directions of commercialsexual exploitation of children and youth by looking at how offenders use the Internet tofacilitate CSEC in a broad range of cases handled by law enforcement agencies, including childprostitution, trafficking, sex tourism, child pornography and other CSEC crimes. It bringstogether an experienced research partner with a strong research background in child sexualexploitation, the Crimes against Children Research Center, and a law enforcement partner with ahigh degree of expertise in the use of Internet technology in sexual exploitation crimes, theInternet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.Research into the Scope, Investigation, and Prosecution of Technology-Facilitated ChildExploitation: the 3rd National Online Victimization Study is a project designed by the awardee,University of New Hampshire. The award has a start date of 7/1/2009 and an end date of6/30/2012. This study is designed to help law enforcement combat technology-facilitated childexploitation crimes. It will gather detailed national data on a number of policy and practicerelevant topics including: 1) new developments and numerical trends in cases coming to lawenforcement attention; 2) what investigative strategies are associated with more favorableoutcomes; 3) what challenges and dilemmas confront prosecutors; 4) what indicators andinvestigative procedures are more likely to identify child pornography offenders who have alsocommitted crimes against or endangered children in their environments; and 5) how investigatorsare managing and responding to cases of sexual images produced and disseminated by youth.The data will be gathered using a proven, successful methodology, a 2-stage survey of a nationalsample of law enforcement agencies that will include interviews with investigators andprosecutors involved in a representative sample of more than 1000 technology-facilitated crimes.National Study of Internet and Technology-Facilitated Risks to Youth is a project designed bythe awardee, University of New Hampshire. The award has a start date of 7/1/2009 and an enddate of 6/30/2012. This project aims to help reduce youth risk of victimization throughtechnology use (i.e., Internet, text messaging, webcams). It will survey a nationallyrepresentative sample of 1,500 youth to: 1) continue to track existing trends in the number andE-1