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Internet child abuse : current research and policy / edited by Julia Davidson and Petter Gottschalk.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child sexual abuse--Prevention.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Child sexual abuse--Psychological aspects.
- Online sexual predators--Psychology.
- Online sexual predators.
- Child molesters--Psychology.
- Child molesters.
- Child pornography--Law and legislation.
- Child pornography.
- Internet and children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy provides a timely overview of international policy, legislation and offender management and treatment practice in the area of Internet child abuse. Internet use has grown considerably over the last five years, and information technology now forms a core part of the formal education system in many countries. There is however, increasing evidence that the Internet is used by some adults to access children and young people in order to 'groom' them for the purposes of sexual abuse; as well as to produce and distribute indecent illegal i
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Note; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Legislation and policy: Protecting young people, sentencing and managing Internet sex offenders; Chapter 2: Characteristics of the Internet and child abuse; Chapter 3: Combating child abuse images on the Internet: International perspectives; Chapter 4: Stage model for online grooming offenders; Chapter 5: Understanding the perpetrators' online behaviour; Chapter 6: Policing social networking sites and online grooming; Chapter 7: Assessment and treatment approaches with online sexual offenders
- ConclusionIndex
- Notes:
- "A GlassHouse book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-94125-8
- 1-136-94126-6
- 1-282-78153-7
- 9786612781537
- 0-203-84743-1
- 9780203847435
- OCLC:
- 664551697
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