Special Report:

Table of Contents

• Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
• Executive Summary
• The Issue
• Scope of the Problem
  • Impact of the Internet
  • User as abuser
  • Younger victims and increasing violence
• Progress to Date
• What More Needs to be Done—Recommendations
  1. Child Pornography—A Dangerous Term
  2. Rescuing Children from Internet-Facilitated Sexual Abuse
     • Giving authorities the tools they need
     • The right to privacy
     • Privacy rights of the victim
     • The need for legislative change
  3. Gathering Evidence—Disappearing Information
  4. Accessing and Storing Information
  5. Identifying Victims through Image Analysis
     • Image databases
     • Building expertise
     • Responsible image management
  6. Helping Victims Heal
     • Child advocacy centres: A model for success
     • Child advocacy centres in Canada
     • How child advocacy centres can help victims of Internet-facilitated child sexual abuse
  7. Learning to Better Help Victims
     • Answering tough questions
  8. Ending Ongoing Victimization
     • Handling of child sexual abuse images in the Canadian justice system
  9. Stemming the Flow of Child Sexual Abuse Images over the Internet
     • Working with the private sector
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1—List of recommendations
• Appendix 2—Index of abbreviations