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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823278103321

Titolo

Internet child abuse : current research and policy / / edited by Julia Davidson and Petter Gottschalk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-94125-8

1-136-94126-6

1-282-78153-7

9786612781537

0-203-84743-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidsonJulia C

GottschalkPetter <1950->

Disciplina

364.15/36

Soggetti

Child sexual abuse - Prevention

Child sexual abuse - Psychological aspects

Online sexual predators - Psychology

Child molesters - Psychology

Child pornography - Law and legislation

Internet and children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A GlassHouse book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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