The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

people involved in prostitution and makes recommendations for how practice in this area couldbe improved.Criminal Exploitation of Women and Children and the Important Role of Community Policing.Murray, John.Police Practice and Research, May2006, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p.125-134.Abstract: Australia, like all other responsible countries, considers the sexual exploitation ofwomen and children an abhorrent criminal act and accordingly regards this activity as a prioritypublic policy issue. Consistent with the UN protocols, Australia has committed considerableresources to the pursuit of offenders and has in place severe penalties. Relentless pursuit ofoffenders is critical but this paper draws attention to the emphasis the UN has placed onidentifying the women and children as ‘victims’ and the consequent need to provide them withthe rights, privileges, and due sensitivities that we afford victims of other crimes. The context inwhich policing takes place has, arguably, changed since ‘September 11.’ Some police serviceshave tended to move away from community policing and return to the traditional model ofpolicing. For the prevention and detection of crimes like sexual exploitation this is seen as acounter‐productive move. Traditional policing distances police from the rest of the community—while it is difficult for police to gain mutual respect and trust with the community forconventional crimes, the unique nature of sexual exploitation places additional challenges onpolice which are best met by maintaining community policing, its fine ethical principles and itspractical resolve.Trafficking In Women and Children (Part 2): Strategies and Responses.Egan, R.Community Safety Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 14-16, 2006.Abstract: This second part of a literature review on the trafficking of women and children forsexual exploitation examines some policy responses to the problem and the dilemmas faced bypractitioners. There are a number of strategies and tactics adopted by different countries intackling trafficking. The direction of these policies depends on the emphasis determined by thepolitical concerns involved. Overall, four guidelines first introduced at the 2004 InternationalPolice Executive Symposium should be added to the U.N. Convention Against TransnationalOrganised Crime and its Protocols. Although they have yet to be adopted, these are soundorganizing principles that should also be reflected in local partnership strategies.Reuniting Fractured Families After a Disaster: The Role of the National Center for Missing &Exploited Children.Broughton, Daniel D.; Allen, Ernest E.; Hannemann, Robert E.; Petrikin, Joshua E.Pediatrics, May2006 Supplement, Vol. 117, p. S442-S445.Abstract: The article focuses on the role of the U.S. National Center for Missing & ExploitedChildren (NCMEC) in reuniting families who were dislocated by the landfall of HurricaneKatrina in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005. Records show how efficient NCMEC is in locatingmissing children and reuniting them with their families. It implements systems and programsdesigned to search for missing children in different locales. When Hurricane Katrina devastatedNew Orleans, children where dislocated from their families. NCMEC created programsspecifically to aid in reuniting the families, such as a hotline with a unique toll-free number and aF-59