1st Edition

Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy

Edited By Julia Davidson, Petter Gottschalk Copyright 2011
216 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

216 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

216 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

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... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Legislation and Policy: Protecting Young People, Sentencing and Managing Internet Sex Offenders  3. Characteristics of the Internet and Child Abuse  4. Combating Child Abuse Images on the Internet  5. Stage Model for Online Grooming Offenders  6. Understanding the Perpetrators Online Behaviour  7. Policing Social Networking Sites and Online Grooming  8. Assessment and Treatment Approaches with Online Sexual Offenders.  Conclusion

Biography

Julia Davidson is Professor of Criminology and Director of Research in Criminology at Kingston University, she is also Co-Director of the newly formed Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies.

Petter Gottschalk is Professor of Information Systems and Knowledge Management in the Department of Leadership and Organisation at the Norwegian School of Management, and he lectures at the Norwegian Police University College on knowledge management, Internet, criminal entrepreneurship and organized crime.