Child Exploitation
- Agencies
- Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Unit (WI Dept. of Justice)
Has multi-jurisdictional authority to investigate and prosecute those individuals who use the internet to exploit children. - U.S. Dept. of Justice: Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section
Prosecutes violations of federal laws concerning the exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children. Website provides legal information and federal laws regarding child pornography, child prostitution, obscenity, trafficking and international parental kidnapping. - Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing & Exploited Children & Adults (WI Dept. of Justice)
Resources for parents and law enforcement. Includes information related to runaways, safety, abduction, and sexual exploitation.
- Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Unit (WI Dept. of Justice)
- CyberTipline (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Report child sexual exploitation.
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: s. 944.25 "Sending Obscene or Sexually Explicit Electronic Messages"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.05 "Sexual Exploitation of a Child"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.075 "Use of a Computer to Facilitate a Child Sex Crime"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.08 "Soliciting a Child for Prostitution"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.11 "Exposing a Child to Harmful Material or Harmful Descriptions or Narrations"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.12 "Possession of Child Pornography"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1466A "Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1470 "Transfer of Obscene Materials to Minors"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1591 "Sex Trafficking of Children or by Force, Fraud, or Coercion"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2241-2248 "Sexual Abuse"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2251-2260 "Sexual Exploitation and Other Abuse of Children"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2421-2428"Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity and Related Crimes"
- Citizen's Guide to United States Federal Exploitation and Obscenity Laws
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Legal Assistance
- Lotus Legal Clinic
Provides free legal counsel to survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking regardless of income
- Lotus Legal Clinic
Related Topics
- Adoption
- Child Abuse Neglect & Abandonment
- Child Custody & Visitation
- Child Day Care
- Children in Need of Protection (CHIPS)
- Childrens Rights
- Domestic Abuse
- Legal Assistance
- Public Benefits
- Sexual Assault
Law Review Articles
- Fetal Protection in Wisconsin's Revised Child Abuse Law
Jnl of Law, Medicine & Ethics 27.4 (Winter 1999) - Mediated Child Protection Conferencing
Judges Journal 41.2 (Spring 2002) - Mothers in Prison: How the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 Threatens Parental Rights
Wis. Womens Law Jnl 20.2 (Fall 2005) - Protective Custody; a Ruling Barring Forced Drug Treatment for a Pregnant Woman May Not End the Legal Dispute
ABA Jnl 82 (Jly 1997) - Social Welfare and the Family: Examining the Policy Considerations, Similarities, and Differences in the State of Wisconsin and Sweden
Tulsa Jnl of Comparative & International Law 8.2 (Fall 2001)
Journals & Legal Databases
- Child Welfare
- HeinOnline
- Journal of Juvenile Law
- Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Juvenile & Family Court Journal
- Whittier Journal of Child & Family Advocacy