For the past three years, she has been investigating child abuse pornography cases, and has had to watch thousands of images and video clips of children being sexually abused. Some victims were just babies as young as six months old, and so far all the victims have been...
But even seasoned officers like her are affected by what they watch.
To sift through thousands of images, investigators use various tools, including artificial intelligence software to process and filter for child sexual abuse material.after being caught with almost 47,000 electronic files containing such material. Viewing so many disturbing images can take a toll on anyone, and ASP Chen makes sure she regularly steps away from the screen.
Before that, such offenders could be prosecuted only for transmitting obscene material, which carried a jail term of up to only three months, a fine or both. It allows the authorities in over 68 countries, including Singapore, Australia, Thailand and France, to alert one another should a child sexual abuse case be suspected of taking place in a particular jurisdiction.
Also known as secondary trauma, it can happen to the most experienced officers, said police psychologist Tiffany Danker, 28.
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