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<strong>Child</strong> PornograPhy First report oF the Dutch NatioNal rapporteur
argued that the extent of the problem is increasing and that it cannot be tackled by criminal law alone.
This means that we must seek a strategy to tackle child pornography both within and beyond the criminal
justice process. It is not known what proportion of minor victims of sexual abuse are also victims
of child abuse material, nor can any judgments be made with regard to the numbers of minors who are
victims of phenomena such as sexting and contact made online for a sexual purpose (grooming). It is
therefore necessary to investigate these areas in the Netherlands in order to develop evidence-based
policy and implementation.
Relationship between child pornography and sexual violence
<strong>Child</strong> pornography is closely associated with other forms of sexual abuse or sexual violence against
children that is perpetrated in both analogue and digital worlds. The legal framework has been useful in
defining the area of investigation – Article 240b of the Dutch Criminal Code defines child pornography
itself – but it is not the only perspective that can be used to address the subject. If strategies to tackle
child pornography and to protect children from all forms of sexual violence are to be effective, these
must be interlinked with regard to policy and implementation. In the next two chapters, we will explain
the extent to which this is the case.