EVENT PARTICIPANTS:

- Dr. David Finkelhor, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire (CCRC)

- The Honorable Judd Gregg, United States Senator

- John Wilson, Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, United States Department of Justice

- Ernie Allen, President, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

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EVENT DESCRIPTION:
In 1999, Congress conducted hearings and directed the NCMEC to commission a study to examine what risks youth face online. That report, Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth, was released June 8th with surprising findings on the rates of online victimization, who the offenders are, and how youth and families are reacting to online sexual solicitations and sexually-explicit images. This research, conducted by the nationally-respected CCRC, is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 1,501 young people in the U.S., aged 10-17.

Almost 24 million children (10-17), are currently online regularly each month, exploring the Internet as the new medium of choice to learn, play and communicate with others. This research--the first of its kind--examines how many of the nation’s youth are being victimized through sexual solicitations, exposure to pornography and harassment. It offers recommendations for families, policy-makers and child-serving professionals on how to better respond to the offenses committed there.