INTERNET CHILD ABUSE CURRENT RESEARCH AND POLICYPDF电子书下载

Introduction&JULIA DAVIDSON AND PETTER GOTTSCHALK 1

Context and relevance 1

Book structure 3

Notes 6

References 6

1. Legislation and policy: protecting young people, sentencing and managing Internet sex offenders&JULIA DAVIDSON 8

Introduction: young people's online behaviour 8

Legislation: online grooming 9

Indecent images of children 12

The relationship between indecent image collection and contact offending 16

Sentencing of Internet sex offenders 17

Internet sex offenders: assessing and managing the risk - the UK example 18

The effectiveness of UK multi-agency public protection arrangements in monitoring Internet sex offenders 20

Conclusion 22

Notes 23

References 24

Legislation 26

Cases 26

2. Characteristics of the Internet and child abuse&PETTER GOTTSCHALK 27

Introduction.: understanding the Internet 27

Seventeen Internet characteristics 28

The role of web cams 35

Technology behind MySpace 35

Virtual communities 37

Understanding online groomers 42

Understanding children's online behaviour 45

Perspectives on child sexual abuse 47

Internet crime 48

Conclusion 49

Notes 49

References 49

3. Combating child abuse images on the Internet: international perspectives&JOHN CARR AND ZOE HILTON 52

Introduction and context 52

The link between possession and contact offending 53

Step change in the scale of production and distribution 54

A child's legal right to protection 55

Political initiatives at EU level and beyond 56

Report of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children 59

Practicalities of law enforcement investigations 61

International law enforcement activity 62

New technology to support police work and help protect children 64

Disruption methods 65

Slow takedown times 65

Blocking technology - reducing the availability of child abuse images 67

Creating a unified list of websites of child abuse material 69

The Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography 70

The lack of international political mechanisms.: ICANN's role 71

Victim identification and care 71

Slow progress on victim identification despite joint working 72

Ongoing care for children 73

Conclusion 73

Notes 74

References 78

4. Stage model for online grooming offenders&PETTER GOTTSCHALK 79

Introduction 79

Stages of growth models 80

Online grooming offence 81

Stages of online offending 83

Police investigations 91

Internet red buttons 93

Sex offender progression 99

References 100

5. Understanding the perpetrators' online behaviour&ELENA MARTELLOZZO 104

Introduction 104

Background and context 104

Methodology 106

Offenders creating a profile 106

Hyper-confident groomers 107

The hyper-cautious groomer 108

Understanding online offenders 109

Case study.: an offender operationaIising a profile 110

Offender research: justifying the offence 111

Exploring discovery 112

Exploring denial 114

Denial and indecent images 116

Exploring distorted attitudes towards children 118

Exploring sex offenders' adult relationships 120

Conclusion 121

Notes 122

References 122

6. Policing social networking sites and online grooming&JON TAYLOR 126

Introduction 126

Historical context of Internet abuse and policing 126

Social networking sites 127

Policing child sexual abuse online 129

Covert police operations 131

Contact offending and non-contact offending 132

Findings: researching offender online behaviour 134

Policing contact offences and non-contact offences in the virtual world 139

Policing online child sexual abuse 143

Reactive policing of online CSA 145

Proactive policing of online CSA 145

Proactive reactive policing of online CSA 146

Conclusion 146

Notes 148

References 149

7. Assessment and treatment approaches with online sexual offenders&MATT O'BRIEN AND STEPHEN WEBSTER 153

Introduction 153

Assessing online sexual offenders: ethical challenges 154

Collaborative assessments and readiness 155

Assessment methods 157

Social history and psychological functioning 157

Indecent image content 158

Static and dynamic risk 159

Cognitive and behavioural functioning 160

Future directions 162

Treatment targets for online sexual offenders 163

Specifically tailored approaches to treatment 167

i-SOTP 167

Other emerging tailored treatment programmes 170

Other (non-group based) approaches 175

Strategies employed to address problematic Internet use 177

Conclusion 178

References 178

Conclusion&JULIA DAVIDSON AND PETTER GOTTSCHALK 186

References 188

Index 190