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Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
November 23, 2023

A Global Outlook on Child Sexual Abuse and Sexually Explicit Material Online During COVID-19: Trends and Interdisciplinary Prevention Methods
By Isabelle Anello, David Feldman and Thomas Kennedy


In the United States, notable changes were observed in criminal prosecutions during the pandemic. As depicted in , between February and April 2020, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC Reports, Citation2020) reported new federal prosecutions dropped by 80% meaning that only 20% of the usual number of prosecutions were taking place. Criminal referrals also dropped by 55% and convictions by 45% in the March of 2020, demonstrating how much of an effect the pandemic had on the adjudicative process.....[Citing TRAC data and research].


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