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Author_Richard Wortley
Author_Stephen Smallbone
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Harms of Child Pornography
History of Child Pornography
Other Forms of Child Exploitation
Overlap with Child Sexual Abuse
Police Stings
Profile and Psychology of Offenders
Role of Internet Service Providers
Situational Prevention
Product details
- ISBN 9780313381799
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 17 Aug 2012
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problem of Internet child pornography that spotlights the connection between technology and behavior, presenting practical suggestions for reducing this pervasive problem.
The role of the Internet in fueling the problem of child pornography is enormous. Prior to the Internet, child pornography was typically locally produced, of poor quality, expensive, and difficult to obtain. United States' law enforcement officials were able to boast in the late 1970s that the traffic in child pornography had virtually been eliminated. The advent of the Internet in the 1980s made vast quantities of child pornography instantly available in the privacy of the viewer's home. Today, child pornography largely exists because of the opportunities provided by the Internet.
Internet Child Pornography provides a comprehensive overview of the issue by describing the problem of child pornography, examining the impact of the Internet, and presenting a profile of users. With this foundation in place, the authors then address responses to child pornography and shed light on the complexities of dealing with criminal activities that are perpetrated largely online—for example, the fact that people behave differently in online environments than they do in other areas of their lives. The book examines prevention efforts designed to reduce access to child pornography, law enforcement responses designed to catch known offenders, and treatment responses designed to reduce reoffending.
Richard Wortley is director of the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College, London, UK.
Stephen Smallbone is professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
