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'''Child pornography''' refers to [[pornographic]] material depicting [[children]]. It is widely regarded as a form of [[child sexual abuse]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1357687.stm Anger at child porn sentence] BBC News | 29 May 2001 (Retrieved 29 May 2007)</ref> and as such these images and [[video]]s are illegal in most countries. While some legal jurisdictions outlaw only production of child pornography{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, others also prohibit distributing, possessing, and accessing child pornography<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1221549.stm</ref>. Prohibition generally covers visual representations of [[human sexual behavior|sexual activity]] by children under a given age but may also include all images of [[Nudity and children|nude children]], unless an [[art]]istic or medical justification can be provided.

==Child pornography as child abuse==
Where child pornography involves depictions of children engaging in sexual conduct, the production of this material will in itself be legally prohibited as [[child sexual abuse]] in most countries. The profit that can be made from selling such images is seen as a factor in encouraging the original abuse that is photographed or filmed.<ref>[http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000006DC06.htm Fetishising images] spiked-liberties | 23 January 2003 (Retrieved 29 May 2007)</ref>

Substantiated cases of child sexual abuse in the US declined dramatically in number between  1992 and 1998.<ref>Jones, L., and Finkelhor, D. (2001).

==See also==
* [[Pedophilia]]
* [[Teen pornography]]
* [[Lolita pornography]]
* [[List of pornographic sub-genres]]
* [[Sexual abuse]]
* [[Child sexual abuse]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip/ The CyberTipline] ''[[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]]''
*[http://www.asacp.org/  Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) renamed from Adult Sites Against Child Pornography]

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[[Category:Child abuse|Pornography]]
[[Category:Sex crimes]]

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