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Abstract: 

In the 1980s, the mail was the primary means of distributing child pornography. The Child Protection Act of 1984 expanded the U.S. Postal Inspector’s role in investigating those who knowingly sent and received child pornography through the mail. Over the past two decades, the dramatic increase in Internet availability provided a relatively anonymous forum for instantaneous exchange of pornographic images that more easily circumvented authorities. To combat the increase in sex crimes, especially those involving children, the federal government has set up task forces to investigate and prosecute these activities. The ease with which such crimes occur over computer systems has made computer-facilitated crimes against children a primary focus. For example, the FBI’s Innocent Images National Initiative, created in 1995, deploys specialized units in each of its 56 field offices to investigate crimes against children.

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