Child Pornography and Pedophillia. Report Made by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs. United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session.

This document contains an extensive overview of the topics of child pornography and pedophilia. Pedophilia is defined for this report as a condition in which an adult's primary sexual attraction is to prepubescent children roughly between the ages of 6 and 12. The introduction discusses the recent history of public awareness of the problem, characteristics of child molesters, and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation's interest in and action on the topic. Further sections discuss the following: (1) organized crime's involvement; (2) prosecutions by the Department of Justice; (3) pedophilia; (4) meeting and seducing children; (5) use of child pornography; (6) correspondence among pedophiles; (7) use of computers by pedophiles; (8) pedophile organizations and publications; (9) international distribution of child pornography with particular emphasis on Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands; (10) importation of child pornography into the United States; (11) quality and content of child pornography; and (12) price and cost of child pornography. Three recommendations are made by the subcommittee for combating child pornography and child molestation. These are: banning advertising of child pornography and child prostitution, increasing pressure on foreign pornographers, and creating regional child sexual exploitation task forces. The appendix includes letters relevant to the topic to and by the subcommittee. (ABL)