This 2001 Federal report from the Center on Missing and Exploited Children focuses on the criminal-justice system’s responses to child pornography production, distribution, and possession within the United States and in other countries. The first section describes the nature and scope of the problem of child pornography including the effects on the child victims. The next section describes state and federal statutes, investigative approaches, and selected law-enforcement initiatives combating this form of child sexual exploitation. Finally the monograph highlights policy and best-practice issues surrounding legal and law-enforcement responses to child victims.