| Child pornography is a growing concern of civilized | | | | You might even save a child's life in the process. |
| society. Though there are no accurate numbers | | | | Penalties and Jail Time Depending on the state where |
| regarding the children directly and indirectly involved in | | | | you live in, penalties and jail time for child sex |
| child pornography, with estimates varying widely | | | | offenders and abusers vary. If you are party to |
| from a few thousands to hundreds of thousands, the | | | | catching these criminals, you can expect to see them |
| spread of Internet use and the availability of | | | | punished with both criminal and civil penalties. Criminal |
| high-tech spy cams in the civilian market have | | | | punishments include, but are not limited to, |
| spurred on its seemingly relentless advance into the | | | | imprisonment in a state or federal prison, monetary |
| fabric of society. Definition of Child Pornography | | | | fines, inclusion in an international list of sex offenders, |
| Depending on where you live, child pornography can | | | | and restrictions/revocations of parole and probation. |
| have many definitions. However, you only need to | | | | Civil penalties include payments for all types of |
| remember that child pornography is generally | | | | damages (nominal, emotional, etc.), injunctions, and |
| described as any pornographic material that shows | | | | the revocation of parental rights. Indeed, society |
| children being sexually abused. When you see children | | | | makes child sex offenders pay for their crimes, and |
| depicted as sex objects in the nude or semi-nude, | | | | you can play a role in it. A Marriage of Crime and |
| shown in explicit and implicit sexual poses, and | | | | Technology There are many marriages of crime and |
| engaged in sexual intercourse of any kind, then you | | | | technology - bank robberies and transfers, Internet |
| are seeing child pornography at its worst. Whether | | | | scams and schemes, to name a few - but the use of |
| you see them in confiscated spy cams or on still | | | | spy cams and the subsequent broadcast of its |
| pictures, you have to report the crime. Criminal | | | | contents are the most horrendous of all these. If you |
| Offense Even the simple possession and distribution | | | | are unfortunate to come across child pornography in |
| of materials related to child pornography is punishable | | | | the Internet, you will be outraged and horrified about |
| under federal and state laws. For actual perpetrators | | | | this terrible crime against our children. And the sad |
| and accomplices of the sexual abuse, then jail time is | | | | fact is that these children might be your own children |
| expected to be longer and the penalties to be higher. | | | | were it nor for a twist of fate! Indeed, spy cams |
| This will pose a little problem for you when you are in | | | | have their useful and moral purposes. But like any |
| unwitting possession of video-recording capable spy | | | | other product of the human mind, these are also |
| cams that are subsequently shown to contain child | | | | subject to the perverted minds among us. You can |
| pornography. However, you have the defense that | | | | help fight this horrible, horrible crime. Do your part |
| punishable possession implies full knowledge of the | | | | now. |
| materials with intent to use them for personal | | | | Spy cameras can be used in the worst ways. Indeed, |
| pleasure and/or for distribution to like-minded | | | | hidden spy cams are used for criminal activities, in |
| individuals. Thus, if you stumble on spy cams, or any | | | | sharp contrast to your purposes. To be informed on |
| other camera, for that matter, surrender them to | | | | the real uses of spy cams, visit for their definitive |
| government authorities as soon as you possibly can, | | | | guides on spy cameras. |
| lest you be charged with being a perverted criminal. | | | | |