Shaq's commitment to
this effort will help Safe Surfin ' and law enforcement meet that challenge,"
Sundquist said.

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, People arrested for possessing
Internet child pornography have typically committed serious offenses and
receive serious sentences, according to the first national study of the
problem. "Though some child victims have been identified and removed from harm,
the images of their victimization can remain online as permanent records of
their exploitation .

About the National Center for Missing + Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing + Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which works in cooperation with the U.
Created in 1984, NCMEC has aided law-enforcement officials in the search for
more than 106,000 missing children.

Department of Justice, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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More than
half had molested a child or attempted to do so.
"This study highlights some of the reasons why the advent of Internet
child pornography has been so pernicious ," said Ernie Allen, president of
NCMEC.
"Today's criminals are hiding behind computer screens , fake names and
fraudulent identities, all with the intention of exploiting and harming our
youth ," Shaq said. "I'm proud to help the Safe Surfin' Foundation get the word
out to parents, kids and communities about Internet safety and to help law
enforcement track down and lock up sexual predators .
To learn more about Shaq's involvement with Safe Surfin', tips for
protecting kids against online crime and other valuable resources, please
visit http://www.

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Sheriff Brown said he was "honored and proud" to have Shaq as a Reserve
Deputy with the Bedford County Sheriff's Office .SafeSurfinCentral.

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Robin Sundquist, Executive Director of the Safe Surfin' Foundation , said
Shaq will help raise funds for public education programs, which will be
distributed nationwide through the ICAC Task Force network to keep kids safe
online and thwart sexual predators.

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The study found the majority of child-pornography possessors caught
by the justice system had downloaded sexually explicit images of very young
children and images that graphically depicted sexual penetration.org .

The visual or audio depiction of a child for the sexual gratification of the user, and involves the production, distribution and/or use of such material.

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"Shaq will be a tremendous asset in helping law enforcement, parents,
and communities fight online crime and sexual exploitation of children.

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and kids, and their parents, love him," Sheriff Brown
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Key recommendations call for increased efforts to
encourage individuals to report pornographic images of children and more
resources for law enforcement in the handling of these cases. To date NCMEC has handled more than 325,000 reports
of these offenses from the public through its congressionally mandated
CyberTipline (http://www .

Guarding the 'Net; NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal Named Spokesperson for the Safe Surfin' Foundation; Made an Honorary Deputy U.S. Marshal

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WASHINGTON, NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal will be
guarding the 'Net and protecting kids from online crimes in his new role as
spokesperson for the Safe Surfin' Foundation.

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com under "Featured Publications" or by calling the
toll-free Hotline at 1-800 THE LOST (1-800-843-5678)."
Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown, who was instrumental in having Shaq
named as the Safe Surfin' spokesperson, said the Miami Heat star will resonate
well with today's youth.

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Study: Possessing Internet Child Pornography Is a Serious Crime With Serious Consequences

The study involved surveys and interviews with
a national sample of more than 2,500 law-enforcement agencies. More than 92,000 of those children have
been recovered.

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According to the authors of the report, this
success is due in part to the incontrovertible evidence that child-pornography
investigations typically find.S. NCMEC works to combat possession , manufacture, and
distribution of pornographic images of children; online enticement of children
for sexual acts; the victimization of children through prostitution; the
victimization of children through sexual tourism; extra-familial sexual
molestation of children; unsolicited obscene material sent to children; and
misleading domain names.
Shaq will be helping the Safe Surfin' Foundation educate children, teens,
and parents about the dangers of online predators and how to avoid falling
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" NCMEC has been central in providing training and other
technical assistance to law-enforcement personnel, encouraging reporting of
these pornographic images of children to our CyberTipline, and helping to
identify child victims of pornography.S.

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According to the FBI, there is a "100 percent chance" of a
child or teen meeting a predator in a chat room .

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Department of Justice.
The study found a broad spectrum of individuals and law-enforcement
agencies around the country were involved in bringing child-pornography-
possession cases to light.
The full report is available on NCMEC's web site at
http://www. Shaq is a Reserve
Deputy with the Bedford County (Va. There are an estimated 77 million children and teens online
today who will likely visit one or more of the 40,000-plus chat rooms child
predators visit.
"Our greatest challenge is convincing parents, communities and kids that
the dangers out in cyberspace are very real and proactive active steps need to
be taken to protect and educate children and teenagers.

The Safe Surfin' Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that
provides parents, teachers and school administrators, law enforcement,
community groups and librarians with the information and resources necessary
to keep children safe and their exploration of the Internet fun.

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Allaying concerns that law enforcement has been unresponsive to the
problem, the study also found substantial numbers of arrests and high rates of
conviction and incarceration.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
"Shaq," as he is affectionately known by millions of basketball fans, was
also sworn-in today as an Honorary Deputy U.

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The report, Child-Pornography Possessors Arrested in Internet-Related
Crimes: Findings From the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study, was
authored by the University of New Hampshire's Crimes against Children Research
Center and researchers Janis Wolak, David Finkelhor, and Kimberly Mitchell,
with funding from the National Center for Missing + Exploited Children (NCMEC)
and U.cybertipline.) Sheriff 's Office, where deputies on its
Internet Crimes Against Children Task (ICAC) Force are Special Deputy U.

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