Since its creation in 2002, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed over 115 million images of child pornography (figure as of June 2014).
It’s estimated that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys may be victims or sexual predators or sexual abuse by the time they reach adulthood. Since its launch in 1998, the CyberTipline has gotten over 2.5 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation (figure as of June 2014). The ICAC Task Forces also saw more than a 1,000% increase in complaints of child sex trafficking over that same period. The number of documented complaints of online enticement of children made to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces went up 230% from 2004 to 2008. There were 82.8% more child pornography cases in 2006 than in 1994. Since the 1990s, there has been a significant rise in the number of cases of sexual exploitation of children in the United States, according to a recent Congressional report. 115 of these children were the victims of what’s known as “stereotypical” kidnapping-where a stranger (or a very loose acquaintance) abducts the child, takes them 50+ miles away, holds the child captive overnight, and either 1) demands ransom, 2) plans to keep the child without returning it, or 3) kills the child. 203,900 of these children were abducted by family members 58,200 children were abducted by non-family members. This averages out to 2,185 children reported missing every day. 797,500 children under the age of 18 were reported missing over a one-year period.
The most comprehensive recent study to date, conducted by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, found that: Here’s the truth about the dangers today’s children face, from kidnapping to online predators. When it comes to keeping our kids safe, it’s helpful to know the facts.
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