The First Amendment and Child Pornography: Implications for Professionals Engaged in Child Protection

Frank E. Vandervort, University of Michigan Law School

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Abstract

Professionals from various disciplines are called upon to respond to the sexual exploitation and the sexual abuse of children. Their various responses include: creating preventative measures to decrease the occurrences of abuse and exploitation, assessing whether a particular child has been abused, using the legal system to punish the perpetrators or to protect a child who has been subject to exploitation or abuse, and treating the victims and the perpetrators in an effort to rehabilitate and prevent reoccurrence of abuse and exploitation.