Online sexual grooming in Sweden-online and offline sex offences against children as described in Swedish police data

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-180

  Shannon, David ^a  

^a Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Internet; Offline sex offences; Online sex offences; Online sexual solicitation; Sexual grooming

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649119188     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850802450120     Document Type: Article

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