Preventing Offenses of Sexual Abuse, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography in the European Union

• Author: Ion Rusu
• Position: Senior Lecturer, PhD, 'Danubius' University of Galati, 3 Galati Boulevard, 800654 Galati, Romania
• Pages: 44-52

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Abstract: The objec

tives pur

legislative

act, and preventin

Preventing victimization of

during the

criminal proceed

novelty in the field,

gene

enforcement between Memb

internally first legislatively

Romanian legislation does n

can be useful to th e internal

starti

ng point in achieving ot

the work, the originality,

improvement of future Roma

Keywords:

assistance; victim

1. Introduction

The concerning presen

solidarity response from

cooperation in specific

ones.

(Boroi & Rusu, 2

conditions, the sexual

unprecedent

ed growth,

world.

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Preventing Offenses of Sexual A

Sexual Exploitation of Children an

Pornography in the European U

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pursued within this paper

aimed at the

general examination of

ting child victimization by the enforcement of national and E

of children was approached on three main ways, namely

the

edings, and at the end of these procedures. Th

e conducted

nerally

targeting the European normative act, the estab

mber States of complex of preventive measures, that needed

ely and then logis

tically by each Member S tate. Since i

s not provide many of the examined provisions, we believe

al or European institutions working in the field, academic env

other analysis and to the Romanian legislator. The essential c

, consists of the examined novelty items that will cont

manian legislation in this particularly

sensitive area.

tim

; protection of child victims

sence and proliferation of international crime has

rom the states, making them aware of the need t

fic activities to identify, catch, arrest and convict

, 2008, p. 5) In

the

recent years, due to favoring

al abuse crimes against children (minors) have e

th, in the European Union, Europe or any other

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