A program for cracking down on material exploiting children, established by the Australian Institute of Criminology and Australian Federal Police, is to fund eight research projects over the next two years.
The Child Exploitation Material Reduction Research Program (CEMRRP) seeks to reduce the production, distribution, storage and viewing of child exploitation material (CEM).
A total of 23 submissions were received and from those the eight projects were selected for funding grants.
Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton said each project would undertake quality research relevant to both current and future effective prevention, detection and response to CEM.
“The projects are undertaking valuable steps to reducing CEM with research varying from constructing an easily accessible toolkit, to enhancing the capabilities of online investigators,” Mr Dutton said.
“The projects include looking at ways to prevent and discourage uploading of CEM, developing discovery and detection tools like biometrics, as well as psychological intervention approaches to avert repeat offending.”
He said research from the projects would help to identify new solutions to this critical issue, and ultimately reduce exploitation of children.
“The grants encourage the implementation and sustainability of effective and efficient CEM reduction, significantly contributing to stopping child exploitation crime and making Australia safer for our children,” Mr Dutton said.
The full list of successful projects can be accessed at this PS News link.
