If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. I TEENAGE PRO~TttUfI{)N AND ,CHILD ,to . ~,~... "'" 1;, L- H'EARINGS BEFORE THE ~ SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN PITTSBURGH, PA., APRIL 23; AND WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 24, 1982 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor , j qI 1 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1982 4. , ___~_~~ __________ ~ ____ "'- __--' __ " L _~_ ~._ ... ~ ~' ... '9 .. - ~; .". .,.,. .- ~J . • ., CONTENTS JUN Hearings held in: A C QUI S K 1"'" H0 NS Pittsburgh, Pa., on April 23, 1982 ......................................................................... 1 StatementWashington, of- D.C., on June 24, 1982 ................... "................................................. 67 Able-Peterson, Trudee, New York, N.Y............................................................... 92 Barnaba, Frank, Paul & Lisa, Westbrook, Conn ................................................ 107 Burgess, Ann W., Ph. D., associate director, nursing research, Health ami Hospit..als, Boston, Mass....................................................................................... 95 Daley, Richard M., Cook County State's attorney, accompanied by Irving COMMITTEE' ON EDUCATION AND LABOR Miller, Cook County assistant State's attorney.............................................. 82 Greenberg, Dr. Nahman H., child abuse unit for studies, education and CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California services, Chicago, lll............................................................................................. 85 WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan . JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio Kleier, Frank J., investigative agent, office of the attorney general, PHILLIP BURTON, .California JOHN N. ERLENBORN, llIinois Frankfort., Ky ........................................................................................................ 36 JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont Kozey. Pamela, director, Center for Victims of Violent Crimes, Pitts- WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania burgh, Pa................................................. ............................................................... 43 MARIO BlAGGI, New York E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri Peterson, Robert, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina KEN KRAMER, Colc~ado General Ac'counting Office, accompanied by Robert Garbark, senior PAUL SIMON, Illinois ARLEN ERDAHL, Minnesota evaluator, Human Resources Division, and Theodore Zeunges, senior GEORGE MILLER, California THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin evaluator, Hl'lman Resources Division ............................................................. 71 AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania MILLICENT FENWICK, New Jersey Rabun, John, manager, exploited child unit, Jefferson County Depart- TED WEISS, New York MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey ment of Human Services, LouiSville, Ky......................................................... 3 Richardson, Ruth G., executive director, Three Rivers Youth, Pittsburgh, BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico EUGENE JOHNSTON, North CarolLlla , DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan LAWRENCE J. DENARDIS, Connecticut Pa...................... ...................................................................................................... 51 PETER A. PEYSER, New York LARRY .E. CRAIG, Idaho Stein, Dr. Robert, chief medical exalniner, Cook County, Ill........................... 80 PAT WILLIAMS, Montana WENDELL BAILEY, Missouri Tamilia, Patrick iR., judge, court of common pleas of Allegheny County, WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut Pittsburgh, Pa ............ ........................................................................................... 39 RAY KOGOVSEK, Colorado Thomas, Joyce, director, Child Protection Center, Children's Hospital, HAROLD WAS:aINGTON, Illinois Washington, D.C................................................................................................... 104 DENNl$ E. ECKART, Ohio Weidner, Lois, dire{~t(')r, foster care program, Adelphoi Village, Latrobe, Pa............................................................................................................................. 46 Prepared statements, lett.ers, I~upplemental material, etc.- Able-Peterson, Trud(~t~, New York, N.Y., prepared statement of.................... 94 Burgess, Ann W., RN., D.N.Sc., associate director of nursing research, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION Health and Hospitals, Boston, Mass., prepared statement of...................... 99 , AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania, Chairman Daley, Richard M. Cook County (Illinois) state's attomey, prepared state- GEORGE MILLER, California ARLEN ERDAHL, Minnesota ment of ................................................................................................................... 84 MARIO BlAGGI, New York JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont Peterson, Robert, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, PAUL SIMON, lllinois WENDELL BAILEY, MissOUri General Accou,lllting Office, prepared statement of ....................................... 74 CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky (Ex Officio) Rabun, John B", Jr., ACSW, manager, exploited child unit, Jefferson . (Ex Officio) County Department for Human Services. Louisville, Ky.: A model of cooperating service-delivery organizations dealing with childhood prostitution and pornography.................................................. 31 UI) D.H.S., Jefferson County Department for Human Services, exploited child unit (pamphlet) .......................................................... "........................ 32 Prepared statement of ..................................................................................... 8 U.S. Department of Justice Richardson, Ruth G., executive director, Three Rivers Youth, Pittsburgh, Pa., prepare4 statement of ................................................................................. 54 National Institute of Justice IiSexual Exploitation of Children: The Conspiracy of Silence," from Police This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the magazine;, January 1982...................................................................................... 61 person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated Tamilia, Patrick R., judge, court of common pleas of Allegheny County, in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily Pittsburgh, Pa., prepared statement of............................................................ 41 represent the official position or pOlicies of the National Institute of Weidner, Lois, director, foster care program, Adelphoi Village, Latrobe, Justice. Pa., prf~pared statement of ................................................................................. 49 .AI (III) Permission to reproduce this CQt5"fi~R~ed material ha,s been granted by Public Domain u.s. House of RepresentatJ.ves to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). ~F~u~rt~tl~e~r~re~p~ro~d~u~c~tio~n~o~u~t~si~d~eo~ft~h:e~N~C~J~R~S~s~v~sk~tA~m~re~,q~~~lrp~.~~r~e~.. r~mais~ .. ~\~'L_~,~.~.~ ____ l -.. ___________________________ sian of the CQP++riobt 0' .. 00 ."" o TEENAGE PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY I ~ U.S. Department of JUstice National Institute of Justice FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1982 This document has been reproduced exactly CIS received from the person or organization originating it. POints of view or opinions stated HOUSE OIi'REPRESENTATIVES, in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION, represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of JUstice. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been Pittsburgh, Pa. granted by The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m., in Point Park College Auditorium, Wood Street and Boulevard of the Allies, VDMMrTTEE ON EmTCATI~AND LAB.OR Pittsburgh, Pa., Hon. Austin J. Murphy (chairman of the subcom­ '0 mittee) presiding. HOnSE OF REPRESENTATT s _ Member present: Representative Murphy. to the National Criminal JUstice Reference Service (NCJRS). enceStaff Norman, present: staff Roseann counsel. Tulley, administrative assistant, and Clar­ Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system reqUires permis­ sion of the copyright owner. Mr. MURPHY. It is 10 o'clock and we will try to start promptly so that we can keep on the schedule this morning. I am Austin Murphy. I chair the Select Education Subcommittee o of the full Committee on Education and Labor and one of the mat­ ters within the SCope of our review is child abuse. Three days ago, I announced the release of the General Account­ leming Officeof Unknown report Magnitude."entitled "Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Prob­ . I requested that this GAO report be commissioned so that Con­ gress can evaluate the protection of child:ren against sexual exploi­ GAOtation, statistics. and weigh the Reagan budget priorities in light of these The report contains tragic stories of children, 7 to 17 years of theirage, bothprostitution male and enslavement. female, who today have Opportunities to.. end Unfortunately, the Reagan administration has RIFed or dis­ missed the only sexual abuse expert at the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, and in fiscal year 1988 has not requested abusethe $12 of million children. in discretionary funds for projects to combat sexual I am afraid that in the near