OXFORD,
Miss. – Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch will emphasize
education as the key to combating and prosecuting Internet crimes
against children during a public lecture Tuesday (April 14) at the
University of Mississippi School of Law.
Lynch, president of the
National Association of Attorneys General, delivers the address at 8:45
a.m. in the William N. Ethridge Jr. Moot Court Room in the Lamar Law
Center. The public presentation is scheduled in conjunction with
private training sessions for the nation’s attorneys general, which are
hosted twice annually by NAAG and the National Center for Justice and
the Rule of Law at the law school.
Lynch is particularly equipped to speak on the subject of Internet crimes against children since his initiative as NAAG president has been “The Year of the Child: Protecting and Empowering our Next Generation.”
According to Lynch, the selection of the initiative is part of a larger effort to further protection for youth, including increasing safeguards in technology such as those attained by recent agreements with attorneys general and social networking sites.
As part of his remarks, Lynch is expected to discuss significant points of some of the agreements such as those reached by social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.
This year’s training “is aimed at improving detection and apprehension of online predators and sex offenders,” said Don Mason, law professor and assistant director of NCJRL. The topic also is the focal point of a NAAG summit to be held in Philadelphia, Pa. in May.
The NCJRL Cybercrime Initiative was established in 2001 as a resource for state and federal prosecutors. The center offers numerous training sessions each year for both prosecutors and judges, along with developing online resources, CD-ROMs and special publications. The center also works with Mississippi State University to provide legal training for both law enforcement and judicial officials.
For more information, visit http://www.ncjrl.org . For more information on the School of Law, visit http://www.law.olemiss.edu . To request assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-6897.