- 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. (DOJ report, 2001)
- Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults occur to children under the age of 17. (DOJ report, 2001)
- 1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the Internet. (NCMEC)
- 89% of youth in Internet chat rooms have received some form of sexual solicitation. (Pew Study reported in JAMA, 2001)
- It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 children are at-risk of sexual exploitation. (DOJ & USH&HS reports)
- Law enforcement officials estimate that as many as 50,000 sexual predators are online at any given moment. (Dateline 2006)
- There are approximately 1,000 websites offering illegal child pornography. (toptenreviews.com)
- There are approximately 116,000 “child pornography” requests made daily on the Internet. (toptenreviews.com)
- The largest consumers of Internet pornography are children ages 12-17 years of age. (toptenreviews.com)
- The pornography industry is a $57-billion industry world-wide. Child pornography generates $3-billion annually. (toptenreviews.com)
- It is estimated there are 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the US.
- It is estimated that 1,300,000 children are reported missing each year.
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