Report to Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses
December 2012
This comprehensive report examines federal sentencing policy in child pornography cases. It focuses primarily on non-production offenses under USSG §2G2.2. One chapter also analyzes production of child pornography offenses under USSG §2G2.1. This report is the result of a multi-year study by the Commission and complements and expands upon the Commission's 2009 report, The History of the Child Pornography Guidelines.
CHAPTER 1 — The Purposes and Methodology of this Report
CHAPTER 2 — Statutory and Guideline Provisions in Child Pornography Cases
CHAPTER 3 — Technology and Investigation by Law Enforcement in Child Pornography Cases
CHAPTER 4 — Child Pornography Offender Behavior
CHAPTER 5 — Victims of Child Pornography
CHAPTER 6 — Analysis of Sentencing Data in Cases in Which Offenders Were Sentenced Under the Non-Production Sentencing Guidelines
CHAPTER 7 — Prior Criminal Sexually Dangerous Behavior by Offenders Sentenced under the Non-Production Child Pornography Guidelines
CHAPTER 8 — Examination of Sentencing Disparities in §2G2.2 Cases
CHAPTER 9 — Child Pornography Production Cases
CHAPTER 10 — Post-Conviction Issues in Child Pornography Cases
CHAPTER 11 — Recidivism by Child Pornography Offenders
CHAPTER 12 — Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations to Congress
APPENDICES
- Glossary of Relevant Terminology
- Current Versions of the Primary Child Pornography Sentencing Guidelines, USSG §§ 2G2.1 and 2G2.2, and the Sentencing Table (USSG Chpt. 5, Pt. A)
- Summaries of the Testimony of the Witnesses, United States Sentencing Commission — Sentencing Reform Act 25th Anniversary Regional Public Hearings
- Summaries of the Testimony of the Witnesses, United States Sentencing Commission — Public Hearing on Federal Child Pornography Crimes
- Source of Current §2G2.2 Base Offense Levels and Specific Offense Characteristics
- State Child Pornography Statutes
- Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses — Selected Bibliography