Virtual pedophilia : sex offender profiling and U.S. security culture / Gillian Harkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harkins, Gillian, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pedophilia--Social aspects--United States.

Pedophilia.

Pedophilia in mass media--Social aspects--United States.

Pedophilia in mass media.

Online sexual predators--United States.

Online sexual predators.

Computer crimes--Investigation--United States.

Computer crimes.

Mass media and crime--United States.

Mass media and crime.

Sex offenders--United States.

Sex offenders.

Internet and children.

Social aspects.

Computer crimes--Investigation.

United States.

Internet and children--Social aspects--United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"Gillian Harkins traces the genealogy of the transformation of cultural construction of the pedophile as a social outcast into the image of normative white masculinity from the 1980s to the present, showing how his "normalcy" makes him hard to identify and stop."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Virtual pedophilia

Monstrous sexuality and vile sovereignty

Profiling virtuality and pedophilic data

Informational image and procedural tone

Capturing the past and the vitality of crime

Capturing the future and the sexuality of risk

Conclusion: Exceptional pedophilia and the everyday case.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Harkins, Gillian. Virtual pedophilia.

ISBN:

9781478009153

1478009152

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.