Adams, W., Flynn, A., & Urban Institute2017-10-122017-10-122017Adams, W., Flynn, A., & Urban Institute (2017). Federal Prosecution Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children Cases, 2004-2013. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fpcsecc0413.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3564Examines commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) cases prosecuted in the federal criminal justice system between 2004 and 2013. CSEC offenses include child pornography production, child pornography possession, and child sex trafficking. The report describes persons investigated by federal law enforcement and referred to U.S. attorneys, and cases prosecuted, adjudicated, and sentenced in U.S. district court for CSEC offenses, including the disposition of CSEC matters concluded by U.S. attorneys, reasons matters were declined for prosecution, pretrial release rates, demographic characteristics of suspects charged with CSEC offenses, and key case outcomes, such as rates of conviction and length of prison sentences imposed. Findings are based on data from BJS's Federal Justice Statistics Program, with source data provided by the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission.en-USstatisticsexploitationprosecutionCSECDataset