Understanding online child pornography use: Applying sexual offense theory to internet offenders

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-193

  Elliott, Ian A ^a,b   Beech, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b The Lucy Faithfull Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child pornography; Etiology; Internet; Risk; Sexual abuse; Theory; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REGULATION MODEL; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 67349279549     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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