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Table of Contents 3
Overview of figures and tables 7
Abbreviations used 9
Foreword 17
Introduction 21
Current context 21
Scope covered by the reporting role 23
Perpetrators, victims and technology 25
Creating the reporting body 26
Structure of the report 28
1 The phenomenon of child pornography 31
1.1 Introduction 31
1.2 Developments over time 33
1.2.1 Introduction 33
1.2.2 The period up to the mid-1990s 33
1.2.3 Mid-1990s to present 39
1.3 Legal framework – Article 240b of the Dutch Criminal Code 49
1.4 The nature of child pornography 58
1.4.1 Technology 58
1.4.1.1 The nature of the material 58
1.4.1.2 The activities – ‘production’, ‘distribution’ and ‘possession’ 62
1.4.1.3 Functions of child abuse material for perpetrators 67
1.4.2 Perpetrators 68
1.4.3 Victims 75
1.5 The extent of child abuse material 80
1.5.1 The number of perpetrators – safety in numbers 81
1.5.2 The number of victims 83
1.5.3 The volume of child abuse material 87
1.6 Conclusion 89
2 The government agenda 91
2.1 Introduction 91
2.2 Policy developments since the early 1980s 92
2.3 The significance of the Lanzarote Convention 100