[LINK] .uk - Net blamed for rise in child porn

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:09 PM 13/01/04 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > Net blamed for rise in child porn
> > Child porn crimes have risen by 1,500% since 1988 and new
> > internet mobile phones could make things even worse, according
> > to a children's charity.

I saw the BBC report on tv last night about this, I think on 7:30 report 
[naughty, ABC!]  The figure was something like 37 in the first year to >500 
in 2002, and that's where they got the 1500% from.  Considering that the 
first year of any law is going to start slow due to the time it takes to 
start anything and do prosecutions, the better figure would be leave out 
the first or second year and show any 'growth' patterns from say 
1990-2002.  I wonder what that data would show?  Probably a pretty smooth 
average across the period, with maybe some early spikes when resources were 
high.

Just read David's reply:
>2002 are expected to rise even higher with the impact of
>Operation Ore" and the comment about child pornography being
>legal before 1988 is undoubtedly wrong.

Of course.  If you go looking for something and apply resources to it there 
will be increases.  It's called selective implementation....or 
prioritisation.  Big surprise!!!

Jan


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