![]() ![]() The remaining 44% of incidents where charges were laid by police did not successfully link to a completed charge in court within the reference period of this study. Likewise, once charges were laid or recommended, more than half (56%) of these incidents proceeded to court. Once an accused person was identified, charges were laid or recommended by police in the majority (69%) of incidents. This relatively low clearance rate reflected the challenges and complexities of investigating online offences, including the difficulty of identifying victims and locating offenders. This was particularly the case for police-reported online child pornography incidents, 84% of which were not solved. The majority (76%) of incidents were not solved, representing the largest drop-off of these incidents as they progressed from police to courts. ![]() Overall, one in four incidents of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (24%) were solved, or cleared, meaning police identified an accused person in relation to the incident. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of these incidents were offences related to possessing, accessing, making or distributing child pornography the remainder (27%) involved another type of online sexual offence against children. Overall, one in four police-reported incidents of online child sexual exploitation and abuse are solvedįrom 2014 to 2020, police reported 40,059 incidents of online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The Juristat Bulleti n-Quick Fact article, " Online child sexual exploitation and abuse: Criminal justice pathways of police-reported incidents in Canada, 2014 to 2020," released today, provides information which highlights the progression of online child sexual exploitation and abuse incidents, from when they come to police attention to when they are processed in court, the characteristics of these incidents, court case outcomes and comparisons with other types of crime. ![]() Previously published police-reported data showed that this type of crime has been increasing since 2014, when national-level data first became available, with a notable rise during the first year of the COVID -19 pandemic. Online child sexual exploitation and abuse has been increasingly coming to the attention of police in Canada in recent years. Text - Selected Related information Previous release PDF (163 KB) ![]()
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