Nicholson, George, Office of Planning and Research, State of California, Sacramento, CA: Letter from Alfred S. Regnery, dated January 27, 1984.. Page 556 Letter to Alfred S. Regnery, signed by Irving Slott, dated January 27, 1984 555 Letter to Alfred S. Regnery, dated January 25, 1984. 49 548 152 188 Letter from George Nicholson, Sacramento, CA, dated March 17, 1984, enclosing a letter with enclosure..... 157 Letter from Helen Rauch, Ph.D., staff director, Consortium of Social 144 146 141 Letter from Tom Bird, Center for Action Research, Inc., Boulder, CO, dated April 3, 1984.. 171 Letter from William E. Howard, editor and publisher, Child Protection 194 Memorandum from Denise Driver, dated November 14, 1984 186 180 Memorandum from Diana Zuckerman, dated February 13, 1984.. 154 Regnery, Alfred S., Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Heck, Robert O., program manager, SED: (List of members). Memorandum from, dated June 28, 1983. Letter from Richard Vigilante, dated January 13, 1984. Memorandum from Robert O. Heck, program manager, SED, dated July 11-15, 1983....... Santarelli, Donald E., Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Adminis- Wootton, James M., Deputy Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and 203 196 578 206 580 814 564 566 "Technical Proposal for Consulting Services (May-July 1983), dated April 29, 1983. 565 OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1984 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:40 a.m., in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ike Andrews (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Andrews, Williams, Owens, and Petri. Staff present: Gordon A. Raley, staff director; Deborah Hall, clerk; and Edward Larson, Republican assistant counsel for human resources. Mr. ANDREWS. Good morning, Mr. Regnery, and ladies and gentlemen. Pardon me for being a few minutes late this morning. The Governor of North Carolina asked that the Members of our delegation meet with the representatives of the National Guard in North Carolina with respect to enormous damage that occurred there as a result of tornadoes about 2 weeks ago. We just saw some rather horrible pictures and were asked to assist with some Federal aid in that regard. I felt that I just couldn't leave. Twenty-two hundred homes were totally destroyed. Towns of the size of 5,000 or so, had their business districts completely wiped out. It is just a horrible situation, and I felt that I couldn't leave. Mr. Regnery, we are looking forward to your statement. Thank you, sir. [Prepared statement of Alfred S. Regnery follows:] (1) Prepared Statement of Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice As you know, Mr. Chairman, when I last appeared before this Subcommittee, I submitted for the record a summary of recent and current program activities of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. My statement also expressed the views of the Administration regarding our support of Title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, but opposing reauthorization of Title II, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. At the outset today, I would like to take a few minutes to discuss a major new emphasis of my office that has recently received considerable attention by the news media and some Members of Congress. Unfortunately, some of the published commentaries on elements of our activities have attempted to sensationalize the issue by seriously misrepresenting various aspects of an extremely important and unpleasant subject the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Juveniles as Victims The JJDP Act authorizes my office to address issues related to "sexual abuse or exploitation" in the context of juvenile delinquency. We have discovered, Mr. Chairman, that these issues are awesomely complex and the magnitude of related problems is far more extensive than most of us can imagine. Over one million children disappear or run away from their homes every year. Thousands of these children are never accounted for, and virtually all of them are in significant danger of physical, sexual or other criminal exploitation. Some estimates show as many as 2.4 million teenage boys and girls are engaged in prostitution, and up to one million children-some as young as six months old have been used in pornographic pictures and films. - The child pornography market is estimated by researchers to account for up to $1 billion of the $2-4 billion pornography business. One-half of the victims of reported rapes are under 18; 25 percent are under age 12. In addition, some 2,500 juveniles each year are murdered by psychopathic serial murderers, pedophiles, child prostitution exploiters, and child abusers. Many of these killers were themselves abused as children, and law enforcement reports that many of these victimizers of children have a virtual obsession with pornography. The interrelationship between these issues is an important focus of OJJDP's programs. projects, including cooperation with the FBI and citizen supported organizations involved in efforts to locate and assist missing children, we have begun to probe these problems systematically. A few days ago, we awarded funds for the establishment of a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Center, which will be located here in Washington, will assist parents, citizen action groups, law enforcement agencies, and state and local governments in dealing with the problem of exploited and |