2023
The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program was developed in 1988 to help state and local law enforcement agencies effectively respond to technology-related crimes against children. This program, managed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), includes funding to provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement. The JPRC was funded by OJJDP (on a project later transferred to the NIJ) to conduct the National Evaluation of ICAC Task Force Training, the first to examine training provided by the ICAC program. Due to concerns about the sensitivity of investigative data, only certain findings could be released in the final report. Findings suggest that overall, ICAC investigative training was rated highly by both trainees and their ICAC commanders in terms of the quality of training delivery, expertise of instructors, knowledge gains, and applicability to on-the-job ICAC investigations.